Protesters who toppled PM want Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to lead Bangladesh

A protest organiser said they had already spoken with Mr Yunus, who had consented to take over as head of a new interim government.

A key organiser of Bangladesh’s student protests has called for Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus to be named as the head of a new interim government, a day after long-time Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country after weeks of deadly unrest.