The first task of Bangladesh's interim government, which will be sworn in on Thursday, will be to restore law and order in the country, Nobel Peace Prize-winning economist Muhammad Yunus, who will head the new administration, told NDTV in an interview on Wednesday.
The interview, which Yunus gave before his return to Bangladesh on Thursday, came amid reports of continuing unrest and violence in the country and after Sheikh Hasina resigned as prime minister and fled to India in the wake of weeks of tumultuous student protests.
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