India, Feb. 12 -- Brought to the forefront as the face of the appeal for peace in 2024 amid the violent student uprising, Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, the chief adviser of the interim government, is one of the most important figures of the Bangladesh elections 2025, the first general polls since the ouster of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

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Bangladesh, over a year after the student uprising brought Sheikh Hasina to India in exile and Yunus to Dhaka to head the government on an interim basis, stands at a historic crossroads.

Yunus has consistently emphasised that his role is to oversee a smooth transition to an elected government, not to remain a political figure beyond the ...