DHAKA: Bangladesh’s interim authorities, which took over after a mass rebellion final yr, warned on Saturday (Could 24) that unity was wanted to “stop the return of authoritarianism”.
“Broader unity is important to keep up nationwide stability, organise free and truthful elections, justice, and reform, and completely stop the return of authoritarianism within the nation,” it mentioned in a press release after per week of escalation throughout which rival events protested on the streets of the capital Dhaka.
The South Asian nation of round 170 million folks has been in political turmoil since ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted by student-led protests in August 2024, ending her iron-fisted 15-year rule.
The caretaker authorities is led by chief adviser Muhammad Yunus, the 84-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Yunus, who returned from exile on the behest of protesters, says he has an obligation to implement democratic reforms earlier than elections, that are due by June 2026 on the newest.
“If the federal government’s autonomy, reform efforts, justice course of, truthful election plan, and regular operations are obstructed to the purpose of constructing its duties unmanageable, it’s going to, with the folks, take the required steps,” the caretaker authorities mentioned, with out giving additional particulars.
