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Yunus touched down in Dhaka and could be sworn in as Bangladesh’s new leader as soon as Thursday. (File) Dhaka: Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus returned to Bangladesh Thursday to lead a caretaker government after a student-led uprising ended the 15-year rule of Sheikh Hasina. Yunus touched down in Dhaka on a flight from…
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Though factories were reopening, there could be some damage to trade (Representational) Dhaka: Garment factories in Bangladesh, forecast to account for 90% of the country’s exports, reopened on Wednesday hoping to swiftly resume full operations after production was disrupted by violent protests that ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina this week. Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled…
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Zia, 78, was sentenced to 17 years in prison under Sheikh Hasina’s rule. Bangladesh’s uncompromising ex-prime minister Khaleda Zia has been released from years of house arrest after her bitter enemy Sheikh Hasina was ousted as premier and fled as protesters broke into her palace. The ferocious rivalry between the two women — born in…
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