Bangladesh pushes 'groundbreaking' reforms after Hasina exit

Overhaul of elections, judiciary and anti-graft agency among changes planned

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Bangladesh's national flag flies at half-mast at the Supreme Court in Dhaka. The country's judiciary is a key target of a major reforms push. © Getty Images

FAISAL MAHMUD, Contributing writer

DHAKA -- Bangladesh's caretaker government is launching a "groundbreaking" overhaul of its electoral system, judiciary and other key institutions in a major reform push after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted in a student-led uprising.

The plan unveiled late Wednesday by Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel Prize-winning head of the caretaker government, was embraced in some quarters, just over a month after Hasina fled in the face of social unrest and protests that left more than 600 dead and thousands more injured.

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