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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Bangladesh stares at crisis as interim leader ‘threatens to quit’ over lack of reform progress

Bangladesh's interim leader is reportedly threatening to step down if political parties cannot agree on reforms that citizens have been demanding since last year's mass agitation.

Muhammad Yunus, 84, took over as interim leader of the South Asian nation of nearly 170 million last August after a street uprising led mainly by students forced Sheikh Hasina to quit as prime minister and flee to India.

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