Nobel winner Yunus returns to Bangladesh to take office

Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammed Yunus returned to Bangladesh on Thursday to take office as the head of an interim government after a student-led uprising forced Sheikh Hasina to end her more than 15-year rule.

Yunus, 84, could be sworn in as soon as Thursday evening — marking the beginning of what the army chief pledged would be a “beautiful democratic process.” 

Just a week ago, the Bangladeshi military was shooting at students protesting against Hasina’s government, killing at…