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Bangladeshi President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Tuesday dissolved the national parliament, paving the way for the formation of an interim government after prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s ouster on Monday following mass protests. The protest organizers have proposed Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, 84, as the head of an interim government. The situation in the country remained tense as local media reported more than 100 people dead and numerous others injured in widespread violence that erupted after Hasina quit. Protest organizers pick 2006 Nobel winner Nahid Islam, one of the top coordinators of t…

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