Nobel laureate Yunus, 84, returned from Europe this week to helm a temporary administration facing the monumental challenge of ending disorder and enacting democratic reforms.
Bangladesh's newly appointed police chief on Wednesday offered an apology for the conduct of officers during deadly protests and vowed an "impartial" probe into the killings.
Bangladesh's Nobel-winning microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus will lead an interim government after mass protests forced longtime prime minister Sheikh Hasina to flee.
More than a month of deadly protests in which at least 422 people were killed culminated Monday in the deadliest day of violence and the end of the autocratic rule of Sheikh Hasina.
Muhammad Yunus said on he was ready to head an interim government in Bangladesh after mass demonstrations forced longtime ruler Sheikh Hasina to flee the country.
Bangladesh’s Parliament dissolved a day after PM Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country, President’s office says; protest organisers set to meet army officials.
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