Nation marks pivotal anniversary

Flags of freedom: People waving flags and setting off coloured smoke as they celebrate the first anniversary of the student-led uprising that ousted Hasina, at Manik Mia Avenue outside Dhaka’s parliament building.

The country’s interim leader marked the one-year anniversary of the overthrow of the autocratic regime of Sheikh Hasina by calling for people to seize the “opportunity” of reform.

But Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, the 85-year-old who is leading the caretaker government as its chief adviser until elections are held, also warned against those he said sought to roll back gains made.