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Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to lead Bangladesh interim government

Bangladesh's Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus [File: Christian Liewig/Corbis via Getty Images]

Bangladesh’s Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will head the country’s interim government after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stepped down and fled the country amid a mass uprising against her rule led mostly by students.

The announcement early on Wednesday came from Joynal Abedin, the press secretary of President Mohammed Shahabuddin.

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