Bangladesh's new interim leader, Nobel Peace Prize-winning economist Muhammad Yunus landed in Dhaka on Thursday ( August 8 ), after weeks of tumultuous student protests forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee to India.
The Nobel laureate was recommended for the job by the student protesters who led the campaign against Hasina.
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00:00Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus returned home to Bangladesh on Thursday to lead a new
00:07interim government after weeks of tumultuous student protests forced Prime Minister Sheikh
00:13Hasina to resign and flee to neighboring India.
00:17A harsh critic of Hasina, 84-year-old Yunus arrived in Dhaka following medical treatment
00:23in Paris after protesters backed him for the role in a government tasked with holding elections
00:28for a new leader.
00:41The economist appeared emotional and held back tears as he spoke to reporters at the
00:45airport where he was greeted by senior military officers and student leaders.
00:51He said Bangladesh has the possibility of becoming a very beautiful nation.
00:55He also said the student protesters had saved the country and that freedom had to be protected.
01:02Yunus is set to be sworn in as chief of a team of advisers at the official residence
01:06of President Mohammad Shahabuddin.
01:09Known as the banker to the poor, Yunus received the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for founding a
01:14bank that pioneered the fight against poverty through small loans to needy borrowers.
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