Bangladesh's new interim government's foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain has said that former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's stay in Delhi won't affect the relations between the both countries.
On a query related to Hasina's stay in India, Hossain said the bilateral relationship between the two countries was not influenced by the presence of one individual in a country. "Bilateral relations are a significant matter, involving mutual interests from both sides—India has its interests, and Bangladesh has its interests," he said.
Meanwhile, local Bangladeshi media Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) reported that the new Dhaka government may ask for the repatriation of the former Prime Minister.
'The monster is gone'
The country's new interim leader Muhammad Yunus termed the protests in Bangladesh was "student-led revolution"
"I respect you, I admire you. What you have done is absolutely unparalleled," Yunus told the students. "'Because you ordered me to do this, I take your order," Yunus said told students.
He added that the students had given ultimatums to the Supreme Court chief judge and the central bank governor to quit. But, their resignations had been conducted legally. "They want to have a new court," he said of the students. "So they went there and asked the chief justice to resign and put their pressure to make him resign." "I'm sure they will find the legal way to justify all of this, because legally... all the steps were followed," he said.
"Finally, this moment, the monster is gone," Yunus said, adding that his interim government faced difficult decisions ahead. "The moment you start taking decisions, some people will like your decisions, some people will not like your decisions," he said. "Obviously, that's the way it works."
Soldiers to return
The Bangladesh Army personnel have been asked to return to their barracks as police resumed normal operations, Bangladesh's Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman said on Monday.
He met and reviewed the security situation with the interim government head Muhammad Yunus after police officers agreed to call off their strike and return to work.
Bangladesh descended into chaos last week after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India in a military aircraft while the Army stepped in to fill the power vacuum.
