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The protest organizers have proposed Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus as the head of an interim government to be formed after Bangladesh’s prime minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India following weeks of violent protests. Nahid Islam, one of the top coordinators of the protests, said in a video message posted on Facebook early on Tuesday that the 84-year-old Nobel laureate had agreed to take on the role. “He has given consent considering the present situation of the country as we communicated him,” Nahid said adding the names of the other members of the interim administration would be m…

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