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AFP Dhaka Editor Linked Leaders to Muhammad Yunus Role

By Drooid · Oct 30, 2026 · How we work

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AFP Dhaka editor Qadaruddin Shishir linked leaders to Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus before the government fell.
Shishir arranged talks after leaders invited Yunus to head an interim government, according to Alam.
Yunus became chief adviser of the interim government on August 8, 2024.
Yunus stepped down on February 16, 2025 after Tarique Rahman became prime minister.
Alam warned that exposing Shishir’s role could have sent the AFP team to the secret prison Aynayghar.

History

In August 2024 President Mohammed Shahabuddin appointed Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus chief adviser of an interim Bangladeshi government after Sheikh Hasina’s resignation. Yunus, who founded Grameen Bank in 1983 and won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for micro-credit, has long been summoned for national leadership, a role linked to his post-1974 famine poverty-relief work. By July 2007 Grameen Bank had disbursed $6.38 billion to 7.4 million borrowers.

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In August 2024 President Mohammed Shahabuddin appointed Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus chief adviser of an interim Bangladeshi government after Sheikh Hasina’s resignation. Yunus, who founded Grameen Bank in 1983 and won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for micro-credit, has long been summoned for national leadership, a role linked to his post-1974 famine poverty-relief work. By July 2007 Grameen Bank had disbursed $6.38 billion to 7.4 million borrowers.

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