Alex Soros, the son of Hungarian-born billionaire George Soros, met Muhammad Yunus in Dhaka. The development comes in the backdrop of US President Donald Trump freezing all financial aid abroad – including to Yunus’ interim government in Bangladesh.

Muhammad Yunus, head of Bangladesh's interim government, criticised the previous administration's allegedly fake economic growth and corruption. Yunus emphasised the importance of inclusive growth and reducing inequality.

Soros and Yunus ahd also met in New York last year in October after the Nobel laureate took charge following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina regime.

In today's episode of India Global, Amid political turmoil in Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina's Awami League has called for a series of protests in February demanding the resignation of the Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus-led interim government for its "oppression" of the minority Hindu community in Bangladesh.

After Trump administration halted funding to Bangladesh, Bangladesh's Muhammad Yunus met Alex Soros, George Soros's son, who pledged support for the South Asian country.

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The head of Bangladesh's interim government, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, said on Thursday that his country's high growth under ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was "fake" and faulted the world for not questioning what he said was her corruption.

The Awami League has been virtually out of the open political landscape since August 5, 2024, with most of its leaders and Hasina’s cabinet members either in jail on murder and other criminal charges or on the run at home and abroad.

A minority group in Bangladesh has accused Yunus-led interim government of failing to protect minority rights in the country. The group says that the interim government is using state institutions to carry out discrimination against minorities.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir recently said the reform agenda undertaken by the interim government could take 10 years and an unelected government must not continue for a longer period.

Bangladesh's largest minority rights group has accused the country's interim government of failing to protect religious and ethnic minorities from attacks and harassment, a claim the government has denied.

This is the second meeting between Alex Soros and Muhammad Yunus in three months. The duo had met in New York in October - weeks after Yunus took charge following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina regime.