DHAKA, Bangladesh—Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus said he agreed to lead the caretaker government in Bangladesh after the student protesters who toppled the prime minister asked for his help.
Yunus, a microcredit pioneer, was sworn in Thursday as head of the interim government after the army said earlier this month that former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had resigned and fled to India. The leaders of the movement, which erupted in July over recruitment for government jobs, called him in