New Delhi: Bangladesh interim leader Muhammad Yunus has declared the “birth of a new Bangladesh” as 25 political parties signed the July National Charter, even as violent clashes erupted outside Parliament and his one-time student allies refused to sign the document.

The charter, drafted after months of negotiations by the Yunus-led National Consensus Commission, seeks sweeping reforms to Bangladesh’s political, legal, and constitutional systems following the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August 2024.

“It’s the birth of a new Bangladesh,” Yunus said Friday at the signing ceremony held at the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad. “The nation is indebted to the July fighters,” he added, referring to the demonstrators whose protests last year toppled Hasina’s Awami League g

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