The first appeal to the public from Muhammad Yunus, Nobel laureate and the head of Bangladesh’s interim government, after he landed in Dhaka from Paris on Thursday, was to “save the country from chaos and violence”.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, Aug 7: Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will head Bangladesh’s interim government after longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country amid a mass uprising that left hundreds of people dead and pushed the South Asian nation to the brink of chaos.