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Bangladesh’s Nobel laureate Younis Hasina ready to lead the government after escape, Parliament dissolved

Bangladesh’s Nobel laureate Muhammad Younis said on Tuesday he was ready to head a caretaker government, a day after the army took control after mass protests forced longtime ruler Sheikh Hasina to flee. Microfinance pioneer Younis, 84, is credited with lifting millions of people out of poverty – earning the enmity of the ousted Hasina…

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Bangladesh’s highest court has withdrawn most of the government job quotas after violent protests

Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Sunday rolled back most of the controversial quotas in government jobs that sparked violent protests. Under the quota system, 30% of sought-after jobs are reserved for the descendants of veterans who fought in Bangladesh’s 1971 war for independence from Pakistan — to which many of the country’s contemporary political elites belong….

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