Bangladesh's Yunus could quit over lack of reform progress, student leader says

FILE PHOTO: Bangladeshi Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Muhammad Yunus looks on as he poses for photo during an interview with Reuters in his office, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 4, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain/File Photo

DHAKA (Reuters) -Bangladesh's de-facto prime minister has threatened to step down if political parties cannot agree on reforms that citizens await with growing impatience, a top student leader has said, deepening uncertainty in the wake of deadly protests last year.

Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus, 84, took over as interim head of the South Asian nation of 173 million last August after a student-led uprising forced then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to flee to India.