Nobel winner Yunus returns to lead country back to democracy

New era: Yunus (second from left) greeting military officers upon arriving at Hazarat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. — Reuters

NOBEL Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus hailed Bangladesh’s “second independence” as he returned to lead his country back to democracy after a student-led uprising ended the 15-year rule of Sheikh Hasina.

Yunus will head a caretaker government that is being established by the military, which turned on Hasina over the weekend after hundreds of people were killed in unrest.