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Interim leader Yunus on the way to Bangladesh

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Jessica Saltz
August 7, 2024

Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus has appealed for calm as he returns home to Bangladesh to head the country's interim government. Former PM Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India after weeks of violent protests.

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