Bangladesh: Yunus has work cut out to boost economy, jobs

Bangladesh was thrust into the global spotlight as weeks of large-scale, violent unrest forced the country’s long-time premier, Sheikh Hasina, to quit and flee to neighboring India.

The mass protests began as a student movement against quotas in government jobs but then escalated into a broader anti-government uprising.

The quota scheme reserved over half of well-paid and secure government jobs for specific groups, and many protesters saw it as discriminatory and unfair, particularly at a…