A Nobel-winning microfinance pioneer, Muhammad Yunus has been credited with lifting millions out of poverty in his native Bangladesh. He arrived back in Dhaka on Thursday, tasked with steering the South Asian country out of chaos after mass protests and spiralling unrest forced longtime prime minister Sheikh Hasina to flee.
Yunus, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate known as the “banker to the poorest of the poor”, has been chosen to lead Bangladesh's interim government after Hasina resigned and fled abroad in the face of a broad uprising against her authoritarian rule. He will act as a caretaker premier until new elections are held.
