Hello, everyone. Good morning, afternoon or evening, and welcome to this special edition of Notes from South Asia. You can find all the articles in the series here (along with my other diaries). As described on my 6th August Notes from South Asia, student protest movement in Bangladesh managed to bring down the authoritarian Sheikh Hasina government thanks to the military refusing to shoot at protestors or enforce a curfew. The President and the military said that an interim government would be sworn into place and elections would be held...

DHAKA, Bangladesh — A key organizer of Bangladesh’s student protests said Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus was their choice as head of an interim government a day after longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned. The country’s figurehead president and the military chief said Monday that an interim government would be formed soon. Read More: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Resigns Under Pressure From Military and Mass Uprising Nahid Islam, the organizer, in a video post in social media said the student protest leaders have already talked with Yunus, who...

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A key organizer of Bangladesh's student protests said Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus was their choice as head of an interim government a day after the longtime Prime Minister Sheik Hasina resigned. The country’s figurehead president and the military chief said Monday that an interim government would be formed soon. Nahid Islam, the organizer, in a video post in social media said the student protest leaders have already talked with Yunus, who consented to take over considering the present situation of the country. Yunus faced...

Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has fled to India and resigned after a deadly month of protests. Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and fled to India. This happened after a month of student-led protests calling for her resignation. Nearly 300 people have died as a result of security forces trying to quell the protests. What will this mean for Bangladesh? This episode was produced by Khaled Soltan and Chloe K Li, with Duha Mossad, Veronique Eshaya and our host Kevin Hirten, in for Malika Bilal. Our sound designer...

Bangladesh student protesters said Tuesday they would push for Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to lead an interim government, a day after the prime minister was ousted and the military took charge.

"We have decided that the interim government would be formed in which internationally renowned Nobel Laureate Dr Mohammad Yunus, who has wide acceptability, would be the chief adviser," Nahid Islam, the main leader of Students Against Discrimination (SAD), said in a video message.

Amidst the ongoing turmoil in Bangladesh, it is important to remember the extremely important and at the same time extremely tragic events in Bangladesh in 1975. When Banglabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rehman , the first President of Bangladesh, also called the Father of the Nation and revered by millions as such, was assassinated on August 15, 1975 as a part of the wider efforts to overthrow his popular government, there were several aspects of this murder most foul which had shocked the world. All the family members present in the house...