Bangla's interim leader Yunus says will quit after polls

Bangladesh interim leader Muhammad Yunus said on Wednesday that there was “no way" he wanted to continue in power after elections he has announced for April, the first since a mass uprising overthrew the government.

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The South Asian nation of around 170 million people has been in political turmoil since a student-led revolt ousted then prime minister Sheikh Hasina in August 2024, ending her 15-year rule.

Speaking in London, Yunus, asked if he himself was seeking any political post, the 84-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner said there was “no way,” waving his hands in the air for emphasis.

“I think none of our cabinet members would like to do that, not only me,” he said.

Yunus was answering questions after speaking at London’s foreign policy think tank Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs.