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Bangladesh Govt Calls For Unity To Stop 'Return Of Authoritarianism'

Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, 84, is leading the caretaker government as its chief advisor until elections (Credit: AFP)

Bangladesh's interim government, which took over after a mass uprising last year, warned on Saturday that unity was needed to "prevent the return of authoritarianism".

The South Asian nation of around 170 million people has been in political turmoil since ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted by student-led protests in August 2024, ending her iron-fisted rule of 15 years.

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