Dhaka, Feb. 25 -- Nahid Islam, the information adviser to the interim government of Bangladesh, resigned on Tuesday from the cabinet led by Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus, to join politics.

He is one of the key student leaders who led the movement to oust former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August of last year. He is a student leader who took charge of Bangladesh's Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology

"I have decided to resign from the cabinet to join the new political party, which is to be launched on February 28", Nahid Islam told reporters after submitting his resignation to the Chief Adviser.

The students and others who led the movement to oust Sheikh Hasina are preparing a grand rally on February 28 at...