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"New Dawn" in Bangladesh? Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus Sworn In as PM After Student Protests
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- Published on Nov 12, 2025
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We go to Dhaka for an update as Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus is sworn in to lead Bangladesh’s caretaker government just days after the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who resigned and fled the country amid a wave of student-led protests over inequality and corruption. Yunus is known as the “banker to the poor” and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for his work developing microloans that helped lift millions out of poverty. Yunus thanked Bangladeshi youth for giving the country a “rebirth” and vowed to work for the public good.
“This is uncharted territory,” says Shahidul Alam, an acclaimed Bangladeshi photojournalist, author and social activist, who has spent decades documenting human rights abuses and political and social movements in the country. Alam was jailed in 2018 for his criticism of the government and spent 107 behind bars, during which time he says he was tortured by the authorities. “This repression has taken such a toll on so many people for so long, the nation is just hugely relieved.”
We also speak with Nusrat Chowdhury, an associate professor of anthropology at Amherst College and author of Paradoxes of the Popular: Crowd Politics in Bangladesh. She says it’s very significant that student leaders are being brought into the new government and says Yunus is a rare public figure in Bangladesh who exists “beyond party politics” and has the chance to unify the country.
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Had a friend from Bangladesh He was such a wonderful person. His widow is a good friend now. I miss him
Sorry for your loss
Yes Bangladeshi people are the nicest & hospital people I've met, you become their friend, you become their family.
The 8 of the Richest men in the world own more wealth than 1/2 of the world's population = 3.5 Billion people!
I AM GOD THE LIVING APOCALYPSE PITY TO THE NATION APOCALYPSE FOREVER PLAYBOY JR YOUR GOING TO REMEMBER ME
indians should ousted modi & hasina should stay in india & indians should elect(?!) hasina for indias next head of the state dictator or .
He is the right person for current situation
hat Joker "Prof. Mohd Yunus" is nothing but a US Puppet
We have been exposing the danger of marriage of woke mob and death cult of Islam at Atheist Republic. Come talk to us as well. Thanks.
dark_modeCorrect.
Sahidul has been the most brave critical and resilient throughout the last 15 years. I am so happy, people like sahidul alam will be recognised for their contributions for the country which we so in need in coming days
Congratulations to Mohammad Yunus and the Bangladeshi.
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He is a known CIA agent.
@DipakBose-bq1vv There's no limit to ignorance.
"Known" and "CIA agent" do not go together in the same sentence.
That Joker "Prof. Mohd Yunus" is nothing but a US Puppet
@aap223 Md Younis have direct links with Islamist Jehadi and Pakistani Rajakar Group who are now involved with Rioting and killing Hindus!
Cabinet filled with student and professor activists, brilliant economists, human and minority rights activists, former social workers who worked to empower the poor, former military general who helped bring back democracy in Bangladesh, representation from male, female, member of different religious communities, indigenous groups.
All lead by a Nobel peace prize winner! This is a dream team Bangladesh assembled ❤️
Hope he delivers and the dream does not evaporate!
@MamoonAlRasheed Of course but you have to understand the optimism of Bangladeshi people. Intellectuals were never in power before. The country was always lead by people who claim to power was through family lineage or military dictatorship. All of that was backed by ministers whose primary experience leading gangsters on the street like a Mafia capo.
Bangladesh’s improvement was always down to the intellectual class who despite all these and massive corruption worked tirelessly to empower the poor. Now for the first time seeing them finally be in center of power is sign of hope and progress!
Wake up. They are puppets. The Jamaat is ruling.
@Munthasir123
Your analysis is accurate. Thank you very much.❤
They are faces. The real power is with the Jamaat ant ISI. Wake up! The Jamaat foot soldiers are on a killing spree. Where are the great students? Why are they not protecting minorities?
Great to see Shahidul Alam sir free and speaking honestly again. I remember how enraged the Bangladeshi people became when they imprisoned and tortured him during the traffic reform protests.
Our nation will prevail, democracy will prevail, and ALL Bangladeshis will have their voices heard; not just the Musilm majority.
All support to Bangladesh 😊🎉🎉🎉.... Peace to Bangladesh
The level of patriotism of Bangladeshi students and people is at the epic level. 🎉🎉🎉
Do we support students flashing undergarments and doing atrocities to minorities sad
Patriot. Gifting your land to America
lol, after one and half months they the crying
Great job students and people for human rights! This is joyful news.
This si shame on bangladesh
There are no Students there! They burned temples, Shops en houses. Takes things for the hard working Hindus!
Kinda love this guy. I hope Bangladesh gets the best outcome possible!
We Bangladeshi students we love Yunus
Apes together strong
@MdHossainkhan-o6v Anoos!
We watched inTV , the looting, Bangladesh future in wrong hands
@atchutanna we also watched all the lootings, riots, and destructions of mosques in India. You are in the wrong hands as well.
@Furious_Slap they did not loot.. they downed a old structure which was built on temple.. think another religion construction was made by demolishing macca, will you accept.. looting ..looting.. undergarments, commodes, dresses, suit cases.. shame on you supporting
Love my Bangladeshi brother's and sisters from Iran ❤️ 🇧🇩 hope your country become great as you people r ❤️🇧🇩
Bangladesh just received the best gift. Finally someone worthy of a seat.
interests rate he landed was 28 percentage per year
@SwethasXiour biggest flex is our president is not a tea saller extremist 😂
Cry of your country
@mahinurrahman5745 people of Iraq, Libya all were celebrating like this only...
America has won this colour revolution and has its man in Bangladesh, next getting the Island for a Military base, well done, Armee
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Exactly
Has to be a western lackey to be awarded the Noble Peace Prize… US military bases in due course.
Someone is trying to put his house in order by reaching out to all people and you call him a Western Lackey? Give him some time and space to prove what he is
Yes, he is. M u r i c a will use Bangladesh as a forward base and their next move is regime change in Myanmar (aka Burma).
@papoosankaran2165he's American, his bank's high interest rates only impoverished people there .
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Kudos to Democracy Now for bringing on two articulate interviewees who know what they are talking about. Now let us hope the situation in Bangladesh settles down and the Yunos team achieve a consensus to move the great Bangladeshi peoples forward ! ❤ ❤
U young intelligent students forced a change. Make an inclusive society all citizens with equal rights and safety.
So happy to see Shahidul Alam in your show ! He is a very beloved person with a great personality and background.❤
Believe me when I say it, Bangladesh is in good hands now! ❤
yeah.. thats why American's have left that country..
@bhaktikulkarni2005USA don't care expect the madirchap
Dr.Yunus is a beacon of hope for all of us who believe in sustainability. Shahidul Alam is an inspiration to all of us who believe in upholding the truth! Great representatives of Bangladesh 🇧🇩 👏🏽 👏🏽
Being a Nobel Laureate and running a Country in Bangladesh present situation at that advanced age will not be a walk in the Park!
what do you mean?
It is an interim government to arrange for elections. He seems to be the right person to clam the situation for the election. It will be great if he succeed in getting Bangladesh out of the dynamics of family politics
thanks yunus work with grown up students because they are real defenders of bangladesh and its teemin millions
wish you all success
Excellent.
Congratulations and welcome sir for being part of our second independence of Bangladesh....
Good luck you don't go the Pak way
@rajenimbalkaropen your eyes...
@NusratJahan-xz7jjit's open juss don't come begging you us Chinese and indians
@srijon4548 shut up !!! Bangladeshis are not the “begging” type !!! YOU need to stop pouring all your hurtful stereotypes on us !!!
@rajenimbalkar Bangladeshis only go on Bangladesh’s way ! Not in any other way 🇧🇩
So happy to see the well respected Shahidul Alam on your show. He was picked up for speaking the truth! I wish you would now do a report with him and others of similar repute on what they think should be of prime concern for Bangladesh, what need to be reformed and how they think we should go about it.
Bangladesh salam from Pakistan, we did not forget that you were key part of our Independence movement in 1947. You are a great people, the students have shown the Bengala nation is honroble, Bangladesh zindabad!
Please save hindus in bangladesh 😢
Hindus are safe in Bangladesh 🇧🇩 brother.Pls don't believe in GODI MEDIA. We have no problems with Hindus,in fact, we have good relations with them. 😊
bla bla bla
@alnahian2850 Don't spread rumours. Know the fact some indian news channel trying to established Hasina propaganda
@omorfarouk5262Israel is doing great job. You guys are biggest c*ncer and hypocrite
@alnahian2850Israel Rocks
Plz support our gem....Dr. Yunus...
Sad he didn't get the respect he deserved from our country due to the dictator Hasina for the last decade. We students are really glad he came to lead our country and bring stability when we needed hi the most.
Let's see your needs
This is such great news. My excitement was well represented by Amy's. Best wishes for our brothers and sisters in Bangladesh.
Praises to all involved, and to those who have lost their lives, may Allah reward you with paradise and take care of your families in this world, may all the innocent get justice, and may all the wrong doers face justice.
It is hard to believe Bangladesh is now being led by such an awesome and capable man. Simply Wow!
They’re cooler than us
Long Live Shahidul Alam; may Allah gives you His enormous reward for the love you spread to lead people of bangladesh. We salute you with wholeheartedly.
Really proud of the Bangladeshi students. May Allah make this a successful venture
Allah is just an imagination of PDF file Muhammad.
May Allah guide and protect Bangladesh’s new government. Bangladesh’s people health, education, and protection first. The country’s people is its most precious critical resource, above gold, oil, … ❤
Till this time why allah turn his back.
Hasina,never respect any body who are little opposition, criticism, Of her rule n activities. She destroyed all government sector. Even judiciary. Thankyou.
New Bangladesh is coming 🔥
Mujibur was assasinated in 1975 not 2015
Bangladesh living the dream. ❤ May they succeed and be protected from enemies within and outside this beautiful country. ✌🏼
You should have talked to a student leader who are the real architects of this revolution
He is a good man. Hope Bangladesh will be peaceful and developed under his rule
Yunus and his friends came to power through back door, not through democratic process
Old regime was in power through corruption of the democratic process. That is why there was an overthrow of regime by the people. They paid dearly for it with almost 1000 dead and many more injured.
It's high time for india take their corrupt leaders out. also take care of your minorities well, muslims are being tortured in india.
Just like modi😂? Buying opposition 😂 party members 😂
@simranjeet-m4i.. laughing on yourself? 😂 you can…
Modi will be prime minister till 2029 and no one can change it so enjoy laughing, its free.
@theindianpanther1800 full support to modi ❤️
Shekh hasina of India 😆😆
Allah bless B'desh .
I really enjoyed the interview and also proud of you both as a Bangladeshi i
Politician with Nobel price can other countries meet this bench mark !!!
they can try? specially the USA
Finally an interview that focuses on the important aspects.
Wish we Indians got a leader like him
They do not want democracy in Bangladesh. They want to make Bangladesh their vassal state. They are now plotting against Bangladesh.
There are no Students there! They burned temples, Shops en houses. Takes things for the hard working Hindus! Only poor people like you😂😂😂😂😂
Keep your sovereignty from any foreign control.
The problem is not how to enforce democarcy, it's sustain it. There are thresholds for it, for example adequate income, educated middleclass, etc.
I hope Bangladesh won't become the second India.
Except for your country is Islamic
@Prateek-dw4ng😂
@Prateek-dw4ngthat disgust in your eyes is evident. See the thing is we don’t see Hindus with that kind of disgust, and that’s the difference between us . We are not the same even if we are of the same colour .
@nothingtosay2288 not for every single person*. Btw glad to hear that brother.
@nothingtosay2288Out of sheer love your folks are burning Hindu temples, business, housing.
Two things can happen: either stability will ensue, or the situation will become like that of Afghanistan if the army takes over the country.
Congratulations Bangladesh 🎉
Thank you very much.❤
Wow, the Bangladeshi students are amazing. Lots of tough work ahead. Best of luck!!
Hindus and other minorities are under attack in Bangladesh. Will democracy now talk about this too or only problems related to Muslims?
Right after Hasina's fall members of her party tried to cause unrest by targeting some Hindu properties, a tactic BAL used many times before to frame oppositions. But general people and military took immediate measures to avoid such incidents. In many places madrasa students and local people guarded Hindu temples.
Hope we get a documentary about him and that is in Bengali and is a mass success, and maybe could get an Academy Award
It's good to see Bangladeshies don't have the Indian accent when they're speaking English.
Alhamdulillah we dont
may be but you are former indians and former hindus... still you have indian dna
Theres no indian accent.. people from south have a different accent.. people from north india have different accents... People from the east and west side of India have different accents
Thank you for all that you have done keeping facts spoken inorder to help the people understand how important it is to hear and see what real current events should be.😊
I hope you all remember SK Sinha sir, the former Chief Justice of Bangladesh Supreme Court who is an honest Hindu been tortured and forced to leave country by dictator Hasina. Hasina basically took advantage by making these kind of targeted attack to our Hindu friends and families. We love to live together with peace and amity people From all religious and community.
Dictator is BNP and Jamat not Sk Hasina . Shame to you a terrorist.
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Thankyou mam fr EasternNagaLan MON❤❤❤ Land of AngHs IndiA
Not caretaker govt interim government
Civil movements are the only ones that have the capacity to improve humankind over corrupt backward politics .CONGRATULATIONS AND MY SINCERE RESPECT FOR THIS VALIANT STUDENTS FOR REMINDING US !
The facade of shared wealth presented by capitalism is being uncovered and finally being recognized by a majority of humanity for what it is. 👏
We are proud to found dr. Yonus as a chife of intimate government .
We Bangladesh need to take control of our rivers, our lands, and our people. We have all of the resources to become the glorious Bangal that we once were, the richest area in the hole of Asia, Bangladesh should be a capital for world trade. We should build daam after daam. Bangladesh should supply its people free electricity, we can build enough daams to even supply energy to other parts of the world and give our people free health care and education for all of Bangladesh 🇧🇩. Bangladesh zindabad , Allahu akbar
Zindabad is not a Bengali word.
New care-taker PRIME MINISTER , Muhammad YOUNUS has been sworne in.
Mohammed Yonus has to keep in mind safety of Hindus in Bagladesh he should not forget because of India they got Freedom and Bangladesh
Hindus are respected and safe in Bangladesh. They are safe and respected not because India “gave” freedom to Bangladesh but because we are good humans.
@ishkhann
Taqiyya
Muslim population in Bangladesh 📈
Hindu Population in Bangladesh 📉
@ishkhann broo stop lying world knows what msulims are like LOL
@ishkhann If they were safe & respected,yunus wouldn't be tweeting & appealing people of Bangladesh to stop killing minorities. Why don't you ask him to delete that comment first,since there is no killing of non muslims in Bangladesh??
Modi needs to protect the Muslims in India
There must be the best way-out to get free from these multiples crisis. May God save their child and womans.
Its not caretaker government, its an interim government. Please correct it .
Same thing.
@apratimchatterjee1503 Not really, although it sounds synonymous. Caretaker government was something constitutionally allowed to hold elections. Hasina erased it from the constitution. The national assembly has been dissolved. So no amendments can be made right now. That’s why we are using a separate term.
Proposal has been made to recruit largest groups of teachers for skills training and upgrading the education system to bring the country to the forefront of modern society.
These are colossal tasks. But a huge population cannot be productive without extraordinary skills and efforts.
If any one can do it Dr. Yunus can do it.
"Interim government". Not same as caretaker government
What is the difference between them? Asking as I don’t know. : )
@Peaceonearth2024 main difference is that interim government is for long term like few years. Caretaker government is for few months
Hasina she is a genuinely one for the Bangladesh Gov.
How come you didn't ask about the looting, destruction and killing of the Hindus since Hasina left. All these were orchestrated by ISI, ISIS and Ronhingyas. Pretty soon, we will see East Pakistan again on our Eastern border.
India want to colonize Bangladesh, but Bangladeshis want be independent of both India and Pakistan. Leave them alone and focus on your own country.
@ahmuqasim7540 and bangla goes to othee countries and try to colonize it by not returning back.
@ahmuqasim7540 Yah, we should have left you alone in 1971. Ungrateful nation, ungrateful people.
@ahmuqasim7540stop sending illegals and criminals across the border into India and stop persecuting Hindus
@ahmuqasim7540 dude , I was intrested in islam , but the uncontrolled immigration from both pakistan and bangladesh and type of people they infiltrate insude my country being pickpockets , Odd jobs , electrician , plumbers , carpenters is totally dominated by 5 crore illegal rohingyas
We will see how far Bangladesh will go under this radical jahadi Mindset Govt
Fingers crossed
@rajagopal9835 👈🏻 JEALOUS !!! 🤣🤣🤣
Coup engineered by the US.
what an inspiring moment in history!
This was a great segment! Thank you Democracy Now!
We will see how Mr. Yunus performs and brings to the nation - say 5 Padma bridges, 10 metro rail, so on and on .......
Any fool can take billions in debt and create massive infrastructures but only an educated person will realise that country with immense debt is a very unhealthy country and will be prone to external pressure and instability. Debt based progress is no progress at all, it’s a death trap.
Bangladeshi students should be so proud of themselves. Their compatriots should be eternally grateful. I hope that with this new PM, they secure a strong democracy that will remain intact. Congratulations comrades ✊ 🇺🇸 🇧🇩 🇺🇸🇧🇩🇺🇸🇧🇩
Bangladesh is gone this is not students protest this is ISLAMIC fight, why singer rahul is attacked and his house is burned because he is hindu, why all hindus were attacked , this is insane no media reported those killing women are kidnapped and raped ....Shame on Bangladesh .....
Fkn delusional. ' aigh ..
Well deserved ousting of a corrupt stooge..' period...
How do u know?? It's a public protest .Didn't u hear that ?? Yeah, yeah, got it...u think everything is like ur country?? Dont talk nonsense
Are you indian? If so dont speak you are a hypocrite, india is hell for anu foreigner especially muslims, india fanned the flames with their fanatical leader.
@kidez22k singer Rahul’s house wasn’t attacked because he was a Hindu. His band “Joler Gan” posted and clarified through their official Facebook post. Stop with your despicable mentality.
Yes yes why not of bal bla
He is a gem 💎
There have been some reports of violence against minorities. but what people don't want to understand is that they are being attacked because of their relation to the Sheikh Hasina's regime. which is not good obviously. but they are not being attacked because of their religion. a huge number of muslim people are also being attacked also because of their connection with the regime and their wrong doing. and again its not morally justified. the people who are doing this are leveled as "Radical".
It’s propaganda from India to try your destabilise Bangladesh
But why then are Hindu temples attacked and destroyed?
It's their fault in the first place for supporting a corrupt regime. Besides, majority of the people are together, hindu and muslim, and are in support of the interim govt. and against hasina's corrupt regime.
Retaliation for past misdeeds is not good for the country. People should focus on building a better inclusive future.
@ahmuqasim7540 exactly
I am originally from Pakistan I have a lot of respect and love for Bangladesh and its people I love them very very much!!!
For the sake of Bangladesh's future and for the benefit of all, I wish Mohammad Yunus could somehow be the elected PM for quite some time. He is an internationally renowned academic and revered by friends and foe alike--at least it seems that way. I believe he will act selflessly to lead Bangladesh back to law, order and economic progress. The whole world has witnessed the total chaos created by divisive politics and a meddling military in Pakistan. Bangladeshi's must realize that great achievements mean making great sacrifices and having great patience, great optimism. Impatience in the fledgling government and demanding alternatives too soon will lead to total chaos like Pakistan. Look and learn how inclusivity and political stability in the past two decades has helped transform India to the 5th largest economy in the world. Too all Bangladeshis--may your new Government live up to its great expectations and deliver...
Really 84 year old under pressure for a long time
another american coup
I find striking similarity to our student-led demonstrations that brought down the New Order regime in Indonesia in 1998. Our sincere prayer to the people of Bangladesh, your aspiration is our inspiration.
Army rule has to go, then only there can be a democratic process. Otherwise it's Myanmar
One of the surprising thing even to Bangladeshis were the sudden neutrality of the army chief. He was assigned to the post by Hasina because he is the husband of Hasina's cousin and a known loyalist to Hasina like all of the army chiefs before him. Army initially even followed Hasina's orders to deploy troops throughout the country to scare and fire on student protesters but, it seemed after seeing the destruction army had caused on civilian population, and many officers within the army getting furious with the decision of being used as a government tool. the army chief too had a change of heart and declared that army won't fire a single round on any civilian and would only work as a defense force for the remaining of the protest. Hasina even called the army chief a traitor on the day she fled because he was the one who explained the situation to Hasina that she either has to resign and leave the country or face the protesting mass who were heading towards the pm residence. She wanted army to open fire on the mass again but he refused. He even had a chance to take over power once Hasina fled, but decided to help transition the power peacefully, had all the security forces leader arrested who were loyalist to Hasina and took part in all of Hasina's cruelty in last 15 years. The arrests within the security forces are still on going. He was under threat himself of facing a coup from Hasina's loyalist within the army but he held his ground. Also, I'd like to say thanks to the general people of India and rest of the world for speaking up about the student protest. It helped a lot to put foreign pressure on Hasina's authoritarian regime from using deadly forces further. I know currently the country is still in turmoil with vandalisms going on in the absence of police who went on strike because people have completely lost faith in them after they've done in last 20 days or so. But it's slowly coming back to normalcy. This interim government by far is the most non-political, diverse and progressive government in the history of Bangladesh. We know good things are ahead of us. We will make a great Bangladesh where everyone irrespective of their faith and demographic will enjoy freedom of speech, security and justice.
@whiteknight8734 That's gaslighting
@santichatterjee7284 explain how?
@whiteknight8734 Look at your own history, dumbbell
Eplain by the hindu suffering. Do yall even know the meaning of democracy?
Good v 😈, It was just a matter of time! ... Lesson learned from Bangladesh... Do not ever underestimate the power of STUDENTS.
It is very questionable if micro-credits actually reduce poverty... They tend to commodify poverty. These credits give people (often women) access to loans who otherwise wouldn't have access. But poverty is structural and intrinsic to monopoly capitalism. And these credits are designed to put huge social pressure on those taking up credit... leading to things like suicide.
“Designed to put pressure…” I beg to differ. Have you heard any firsthand testimony from those who have received it?
Poverty begins in individuals and families so these people don’t care about structures, just that they can afford to now eat, start a small business and pay rent.
The micro finance loans definitely make you an acting head of state and before that fetch you a Nobel prize. 😂
You're stupid. Having lived in a village for my childhood and recently moving back there i have seen Just how useful and important micro credits are. Just about everyone takes these loans to get Through troubling times.
A typical example A day labourer who dosent receive payments in time or cant find enough work will take a micro loan to pay for the families expenses and pays it back after the person can start working again.
Maybe theres a big medical bill that they cant pay immediately. They take out These small loans and pay Them back slowly. Without this service their lives would be so much more difficult.
Yes there have been many cases where taking loans have ruined the lives of people but thats true for any types of loan. This is not exclusive to micro credit system
Good luck to Bangladesh.
We cherish Dr. Yunus sir❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉
Hopefully he's a bit more peaceful than his fellow Nobel laureates: Kissinger and Obama to name two.
It's not as big a recommendation as you seem to think.
Very true lol
Thats why you dont judge a book by its cover. Take a few minutes to do some Research about him if You're so concerned
@SaltySalman Many hopes for the people of Bangladesh, but I'm not personally involved enough to do that level of legwork. My idleness, I guess, is to hope I can get some of that incisive analysis from Democracy Now rather than tracking down his pros and cons myself.
My comment wasn't to be snarky, or expose my own admitted ignorance about the individual.
It was to highlight this story's multiple references to this many-times sullied trophy as though it can be cited as a legitimising shorthand for virtue. To me, this displays intellectual sloppiness (unbecoming from this channel), which can sadly undermine subsequent solid journalism.
That seemed long winded for a RUclips comment, so I went with the sound bite - just the sort of thing I was criticising! LOL
[Oh, yes, also hoping you wanted to know this and you weren't just being a troll. Tone is so tricky with a comment section.]
@Wraithing well let me tell you the truth as a Bangladeshi.
Dr yunus has never wanted to be in power. Never dabbled in politics seriously. And before 2008 he well respected by all the political parties
Around the 2006-8 election when the country Was going Through lots of unrest and divide dr yunus proposed to open a new party "citizens power" and asked for feedback. But due to lack of interest from eligible candidates he scrapped the idea.
And because of that... Simply because he thought about opening a independent political party the next pm sheikh Hasina who clung onto power for 4 terms started despising dr yunus. She detests having competition or getting ANY amount of criticism. Said things like "newcomers in the political arena is dangerous. They often do more harm than good"
Another politician even called him a traitor to the nation
All because he didnt like the state of Bangladeshi politics which was simple gang wars.
Since 2008 even though yunus didnt open a political party to oppose Hasina. Even though he never seriously dabbled in politics.. The Hasina government started launching false cases against him one after another. They launched 200+ cases. They spread lies over and over Again. Like accusing him of misappropriating funds given by norway.. Which Norway stepped in to clear up. Or saying his micro credit formula has ruined lives. But any sane person understands that taking loans of any kind has its risk. Still Grameen bank has had the lowest interest rate for loans in the ENTIRE WORLD
But Hasina never stopped. Dragging the 70 year old from one court to another burying him in a Ocean of judicial proceedings. But then hasina managed to kick dr yunus out of his own company the Grameen bank by citing retirement age. The crass,disgusting and disrespectful comments and behaviour continued till hasina got kicked out.
She even suggested that dr yunus Should be captured and dunked in the padma River twice. Just enough to not kill him.
Just earlier this year now that Hasina has control over the entire justice system. She was able to Have dr yunus sentenced to 6 months in jail. He got out on bail.
Hasinas behaviour of Being insanely hostile to critics and opposition did not start with dr yunus and was not limited to him either. The leader of opposition Khaleda Zia was also arrested multiple times and Then kept under house arrest for 10 years. Countless opposition politicians or personal were accused of every crime imaginable and jailed especially during election time .
Those who she Couldn't jail she used RAB. A law enforcement organisation which has the power to do whatever Hasina asks with complete immunity.
They carried out countless extrajudicial killings.forced disappearances. Kidnappings. Cia style torture chambers etc.
She also Had chatro league the student "activist" Branch of awami League. Which was in reality her personal gangster squad she used against her government. These are in every legal definition civilians. Not law enforcement but she armed them. Gave them pistols shotguns and More. Allocated huge funds to hire more 'supporters " and arm them with machetes and other weapons.
They would do drive by shootings. Home invasion to murder,ambush and assassinate whoever Hasina wanted gone.
In the streets Whenever there was protests these hasina supporters would stand Against the protesters (in reality they're charto League) and Their job was to stop the protests by force. They would start the aggression and when the situation worsens and the protests turn into brick throwing the chatro league opens fire. The police NEVER stop them. Instead the police join them and stick charge the protestors. Chatro league also charges but with guns and machetes.
Btw all the political parties has These gang like organisations and they have fought Such gangwars for decades.
This is what dr yunus criticized. But Hasina Being hasina. Lashed out at any and all Who she saw as a threat.
Just take a look at how many journalists have been killed by police/Chatro League or assassinated, kidnapped etc. Not a single election after 2008 was deemed free and fair by independent watchers and international human rights groups
@SaltySalman Your comment is such a lovely and welcome gift to a stranger - and I hope it is read by more than just me.
I thank you for taking the time and am very glad you have a strong potential for positive change in Bangladesh. Global resource predation and local violent gangs go hand in glove with the corrupt officials Capital needs to divide good communities from better futures, but Dr. Yunus sounds like he knows well how to organise and teach the next generation. The road will not be easy, but it's a start.
I know more now.
Many thanks to you.
we understand that Bangladesh has just become independent, it was under slavery for so many years and who is the government that is in place now, We think the best government of Bangladesh, We are highly congratulate to Bangladeshi man and woman and everyone.
Celebrate?. Libyans celebrate Gaddafi ouster. Now they are weeping. Too early to celebrate. Let us wait and see.
Gaddafi and Hasina are not same rather poles apart.
We are Bangladeshi supporting Muhammad Yunus to reform the country in every sector specially in political and economical.
Time will prove whether it was a new dawn, or a dark days towards the future of Bangladesh.
Long live shekh hasina 🙏💪💯👑
Us backed coup
Why Hasina killed 1000 young people in Bangladesh? Also funded by US?
@green_block funded by US, cuz they were told they couldn't build a military base there
@green_block stop being a 🤡
the background with Youths standing behind him makes me teary
Bangladesh went 15 years back
You know, you don’t want to believe. That’s why you’re trying to convince yourself by lying to yourself. Don’t be a fool.
@xyz2014Bangladesh now what's happening?? Its worst than hasina .now textile business is moving to India .. becoz of riots
@xyz2014Bangladesh The Hindutva group, which said Bangladesh would be another Pakistan or Afghanistan, is jealous right now, as Bangladesh is being led by a secular progressive government instead of a military or extremist regime.
@BitterTruth-ih6yc let's see ... Wait for 2 months
@xyz2014Bangladeshyou will see the results of this you guys don't understand south asia
We invited Yunus on our campus in the year he got his prize. Nobel prize is given for contribution to the humanity and environment not for your contribution to your country alone. But he started his speech lambasting Pakistan left and right.
Also to note is that the microfinance model he follows was actually initiated by Akhtar Hameed Khan in Comila district of Bangladesh in 1950s which he later applied in Orangi town Pakistan. You can read all about it on Wikipedia.