Student protesters in Bangladesh have called for Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus to be named chief adviser of a new interim government after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country in the face of a popular uprising.
Sheikh Hasina, who governed the country for a total of two decades, was ousted with startling speed on Monday after weeks of violent protests over an unpopular job quota scheme swelled into a youth-led movement that demanded she step down.
The Dhaka Tribune reported that at least 135 people died on Monday as thousands of protesters demanding Sheikh Hasina quit marched on her residence and took control of the streets of Dhaka, the capital.