One month has passed since Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was forced to step down on August 5 following deadly clashes between police and student protesters.
The interim government, led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus, is aiming to carry out elections for a democratic transition but no dates have been announced.
The government, joined by student leaders who led the protests, is now working on measures to ensure public security and rebuild the economy.
The interim health ministry last week said more than 1,000 people were killed in the violence that erupted during massive student-led protests over civil service job quotas.
Japan’s Rikkyo University Associate Professor Kusakabe Naonori is an expert on Bangladeshi politics.
He says there are moves among students to launch a new political party. Kusakabe says the interim government needs to ensure a fair election system the Bangladeshi people can accept.
But Kusakabe believes it could still take a while before elections can be held. He says it could be difficult to restore the country’s administrative functions and achieve political stability in a short time.