Bangladesh army chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman said Wednesday that a new interim government was likely to be sworn in on Thursday evening after Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus returned to the country.
Sheikh Hasina, 76, had been in power since 2009 but faced accusations of election rigging in January.
Over the past month, millions of protesters demanded her resignation, leading to a crackdown by security forces that resulted in hundreds of deaths. Despite the violence, the protests intensified, and Hasina eventually fled the country on Monday after losing the military’s support.
On Tuesday, the president dissolved parliament, a move aligned with the demands of student leaders and the major opposition party, the Bangladesh National Party (BNP), which has called for elections within three months.
