Muhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi entrepreneur,banker,economist,politician,and civil society leader who has been serving as the Chief Adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh since 8 August 2024. Yunus was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for founding the Grameen Bank and pioneering the concepts of microcredit and microfinance. Yunus has received several other national and international honors,including the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2010. Yunus is one of just seven individuals who have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize,the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom,and the United States Congressional Gold Medal.
Bidhan Chandra Roy was an Indian physician and politician who served as Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1950 until his death in 1962. He played a key role in the founding of several institutions and the cities like Salt Lake,Kalyani and Durgapur.
The Chief Adviser is the title of both the head of the abolished caretaker government and the 2024 interim government of Bangladesh,who serves as the head of government during the transition period between one elected government and another. With powers roughly equivalent to those of the prime minister of an elected government,their executive power is limited by the constitution. The Chief Adviser leads an Advisory Committee comprising several advisers,all of them selected from among politically neutral individuals to be acceptable to all major political parties.
M Sakhawat Hossain is a Bangladeshi author and speaker. He is a former Election Commissioner of Bangladesh (2007–2012),Brigadier general (retired) in the Bangladesh Army. He wrote more than 32 books,and serves as a columnist and freelance commentator on national and international television as a security and defense analyst. He has been serving as an adviser to the interim government of Bangladesh since August 2024.
A. F. Hassan Ariff is a Bangladeshi lawyer,former Attorney General of Bangladesh and Advisor of Caretaker Government led by Fakhruddin Ahmed. He has been serving as an adviser to the 2024 Bangladesh interim government.
Abul Fayez Muhammad Khalid Hossain is a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and currently serves as the Adviser for Religious Affairs in the Yunus interim government since 8 August 2024. His appointment marks the first time an Islamic scholar has held this advisory role in Bangladesh. He is also the Vice President of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh and serves as the Education Adviser for Islami Andolan Bangladesh. He previously held the position of President of Islami Chhatra Samaj,the student wing of the Nizam-e-Islam Party. In academia,he is a visiting professor at the International Islamic University Chittagong and has previously served as an adjunct professor at the Asian University of Bangladesh. He was also the head of the Department of Islamic History and Culture at Omargani M.E.S. College. His editorial roles include serving as the editor of the monthly journal At-Tawheed and assistant editor of Balagh al-Sharq. He serves as a columnist for four national newspapers and has authored over two hundred research articles in a range of journals,including The Muslim World League Journal. He has published 20 books and was a key figure in editing volumes 3 to 9 of the second edition of the Islami Bishwakosh and the Sirat Encyclopedia,both published by the Islamic Foundation Bangladesh.
General Waker-Uz-Zaman OSP,SGP,psc is a four star general of the Bangladesh Army who is the current Chief of Army Staff (CAS) of the Bangladesh Army since 23 June 2024. Prior to his appointment as CAS,he served as the Chief of General Staff (CGS) of the Bangladesh Army. Previously,he served as the 15th Principal Staff Officer of Armed Forces Division. Just over a month after he became the Bangladesh Army chief,amid the Non-cooperation movement protests,he announced the resignation of Sheikh Hasina as the prime minister on 5 August 2024.
Obaidul Hassan is a jurist who served as the 24th chief justice of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He was appointed as the chief justice on 12 September 2023. He also served as the president of the Inquiry Committee,2022 for the formation of Bangladesh Election Commission. He was forced to resign as Chief Justice in the aftermath of the Non-cooperation movement (2024).
Md. Touhid Hossain is a former Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh. He is the former High Commissioner of Bangladesh to South Africa. He has been serving as an adviser to the 2024 Bangladesh interim government.
Ali Imam Majumder is an advisor to the 2024 Bangladesh interim government. He is the former Bangladeshi government official who served as the Cabinet Secretary of Bangladesh. He is the Secretary General of Transparency International Bangladesh executive committee member of Citizens for Good Governance (SHUJAN).
The following is a list of scheduled and expected events for the year 2024 in Bangladesh. 2024 (MMXXIV) is the current year,and is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar,the 2024th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations,the 24th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century,and the 5th year of the 2020s decade.
An interim government led by the Muhammad Yunus ministry in Bangladesh was formed on 8 August 2024,following the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina 3 days prior in the face of the student protests against the government. Following the dissolution of the 12th Jatiya Sangsad on 6 August,the interim cabinet will remain in office until the holding of a snap general election. The government is extra-constitutional as transitional government system was abolished from the constitution by the Awami League in 2011,but the Supreme Court of Bangladesh affirmed the legality of the government on 9 August 2024.
Nahid Islam is a Bangladeshi student activist. He has been an adviser of ICT to the interim government of Bangladesh since August 8,2024. He was one of the main coordinators of the Anti-discrimination Students Movement,which led the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement,which later turned into a non-cooperation movement leading to the overthrow of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government. He is currently serving under Chief Adviser,Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus.
Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan is a Bangladeshi student activist,who has been an advisor to the 2024 Bangladesh interim government. He was one of the leaders of the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement,which later turned into the Non-cooperation movement,leading to Sheikh Hasina's government's fall.
Supradip Chakma is an advisor to the Bangladesh interim government.
Nurjahan Begum is an advisor to the 2024 Bangladesh interim government.
Sarjis Alam is a Bangladeshi activist. He was one of the main coordinators of the Anti-discrimination Students Movement,which led the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement,which later turned into a non-cooperation movement leading to the overthrow of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government.
Hasnat Abdullah is a Bangladeshi activist and a coordinator of the Anti-discrimination Students Movement,which led both the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement and the 2024 non-cooperation movement. He is currently a student in the English Department at Dhaka University.
Shafiqul Alam is a Bangladeshi journalist who currently serves as the Press Secretary to the Chief Adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh,Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus. He was appointed to this position in August 2024.
Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan is a Bangladeshi economist and retired civil servant. He has been serving as an adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh since 16 August 2024.
