‘Working with authorities’: Bangladesh army tries to muzzle rumours of rift, Yunus exit

Dismissing the reviews of a rift between the Yunus authorities and the Bangladesh armed forces, the Army Headquarters on Monday denied any discord, asserting that each establishments are working in shut coordination. The clarification got here throughout a press briefing, the place Brigadier General Nazim-Ud-Doula addressed a query about reviews of discontent. “There’s been speculation that there are serious differences between the government and the military. The way it’s being portrayed in the media is not accurate. We are working harmoniously and in mutual understanding. There is no room for misinterpretation,” he was quoted as saying by Prothom Alo.He additional stated: “We should not assume the government and military are operating in conflict or thinking separately. That is not the case. The government and military are working together, and we strongly believe this cooperation will continue in the future.”The assertion from the army comes days after Muhammad Yunus’s advisor, after an unscheduled, closed-door assembly of the council, confirmed that Bangladesh’s interim chief would stay in workplace.The council met behind closed doorways shortly after the ECNEC session, in what was seen as a essential second to tackle rising tensions inside the interim authorities. Before the assembly, Yunus had known as the emergency assembly amid mounting calls for for election readability and rising discord between political factions and the navy.Meanwhile, Mohammad Yunus has stated the present disaster in Bangladesh is the product of a “conspiracy” to re-establish Indian hegemony in his nation, in accordance to Nagorik Oikya president Mahmudur Rahman Manna.Yunus grew to become the pinnacle of Bangladesh’s interim authorities on August 8, 2024, after the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on August 5, 2024. Hasina stepped down amid large student-led protests and fled to India. Yunus, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was appointed to lead the interim authorities tasked with restoring stability and getting ready for future elections.