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Snapshot of the day

August 8, 2024

Siddharth Varadarajan

After a four day vacuum caused by the hasty departure of Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh finally has a lawful government in place. Today, Dr Mohammad Yunus was sworn in as chief adviser to the interim government. He will rule along with 17 advisors, including two student leaders – Md Nahid Islam and Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan. Both are coordinators of the Students Against Discrimination movement which led the movement against Hasina.

The other advisers include prominent civil society figures: former central bank chief