Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus To Lead Bangladesh Interim Government

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus To Lead Bangladesh Interim Government

File photo dated July 22, 2024 of Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus during the inauguration of the Muhammad Yunus place in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France. Bangladesh’s Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will head the country’s interim government after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stepped down and fled the country amid a mass uprising against her rule led mostly by students. The announcement early on Wednesday came from Joynal Abedin, the press secretary of President Mohammed Shahabuddin. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus To Lead Bangladesh Interim Government

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus To Lead Bangladesh Interim Government

File photo dated July 22, 2024 of Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus during the inauguration of the Muhammad Yunus place in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France. Bangladesh’s Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will head the country’s interim government after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stepped down and fled the country amid a mass uprising against her rule led mostly by students. The announcement early on Wednesday came from Joynal Abedin, the press secretary of President Mohammed Shahabuddin. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus To Lead Bangladesh Interim Government

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus To Lead Bangladesh Interim Government

File photo dated January 1, 2024 of Bangladeshi Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus leaves a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bangladesh’s Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will head the country’s interim government after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stepped down and fled the country amid a mass uprising against her rule led mostly by students. The announcement early on Wednesday came from Joynal Abedin, the press secretary of President Mohammed Shahabuddin. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus To Lead Bangladesh Interim Government

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus To Lead Bangladesh Interim Government

File photo dated January 1, 2024 of Bangladeshi Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus leaves a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bangladesh’s Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will head the country’s interim government after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stepped down and fled the country amid a mass uprising against her rule led mostly by students. The announcement early on Wednesday came from Joynal Abedin, the press secretary of President Mohammed Shahabuddin. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus To Lead Bangladesh Interim Government

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus To Lead Bangladesh Interim Government

File photo dated October 5, 2023 of 2006 Nobel Peace winner Muhammad Yunus arrives at the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) office in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bangladesh’s Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will head the country’s interim government after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stepped down and fled the country amid a mass uprising against her rule led mostly by students. The announcement early on Wednesday came from Joynal Abedin, the press secretary of President Mohammed Shahabuddin. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus To Lead Bangladesh Interim Government

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus To Lead Bangladesh Interim Government

File photo dated July 22, 2024 of Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus during the inauguration of the Muhammad Yunus place in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France. Bangladesh’s Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will head the country’s interim government after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stepped down and fled the country amid a mass uprising against her rule led mostly by students. The announcement early on Wednesday came from Joynal Abedin, the press secretary of President Mohammed Shahabuddin. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus To Lead Bangladesh Interim Government

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus To Lead Bangladesh Interim Government

File photo dated July 22, 2024 of Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus during the inauguration of the Muhammad Yunus place in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France. Bangladesh’s Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will head the country’s interim government after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stepped down and fled the country amid a mass uprising against her rule led mostly by students. The announcement early on Wednesday came from Joynal Abedin, the press secretary of President Mohammed Shahabuddin. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus To Lead Bangladesh Interim Government

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus To Lead Bangladesh Interim Government

File photo dated January 1, 2024 of Bangladeshi Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus leaves a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bangladesh’s Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will head the country’s interim government after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stepped down and fled the country amid a mass uprising against her rule led mostly by students. The announcement early on Wednesday came from Joynal Abedin, the press secretary of President Mohammed Shahabuddin. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus To Lead Bangladesh Interim Government

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus To Lead Bangladesh Interim Government

File photo dated October 5, 2023 of 2006 Nobel Peace winner Muhammad Yunus arrives at the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) office in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bangladesh’s Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will head the country’s interim government after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stepped down and fled the country amid a mass uprising against her rule led mostly by students. The announcement early on Wednesday came from Joynal Abedin, the press secretary of President Mohammed Shahabuddin. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus To Lead Bangladesh Interim Government

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus To Lead Bangladesh Interim Government

File photo dated October 5, 2023 of 2006 Nobel Peace winner Muhammad Yunus arrives at the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) office in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bangladesh’s Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will head the country’s interim government after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stepped down and fled the country amid a mass uprising against her rule led mostly by students. The announcement early on Wednesday came from Joynal Abedin, the press secretary of President Mohammed Shahabuddin. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus To Lead Bangladesh Interim Government

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus To Lead Bangladesh Interim Government

File photo dated August 12, 2009 of US President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Professor Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington, DC, USA. Bangladesh’s Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will head the country’s interim government after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stepped down and fled the country amid a mass uprising against her rule led mostly by students. The announcement early on Wednesday came from Joynal Abedin, the press secretary of President Mohammed Shahabuddin. Photo by Olivier Douliery/ABACAPRESS.COM

Battling "monga" -- Chinese rice hybrids filling Bangladeshi bellies

STORY: Battling "monga" -- Chinese rice hybrids filling Bangladeshi bellies DATELINE: June 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:30 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of farming in Bangladesh 2. SOUNDBITE (Bengali): JOYNAL ABEDIN, Farmer 3. SOUNDBITE (Bengali): ALHAJ RAFIQUL, Farmer 4. SOUNDBITE (English): LING JIAHU, Chongqing Zhongyi Seed Co., Ltd STORYLINE: "Monga" is a Bengali term farmers use for the eternal annual cycle of poverty and plenty. When the season is right, there is plenty for all. When things are tough, everyone suffers. Joynal Abedin, a farmer in Nilphamari district, some 360 km northwest of Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, had been living under the shadow of monga for more than 50 years. Today, the monga cycle is not entirely broken, but the hardships of agrarian communities in northern Bangladesh have been greatly alleviated by high-yielding Chinese rice varieties. SOUNDBITE (Bengali): JOYNAL ABEDIN, Farmer "I've planted National AgriCare hybrid Dhan-4. It gives me an excellent r