Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation has felicitated chief adviser to the interim government Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus, a 1984 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee.

"We at the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation offer our sincerest wishes of hope to your Interim Government and the peoples of Bangladesh," read a congratulatory message of the foundation sent recently to Prof Yunus.

The recent political unrest in Bangladesh is a clear expression for its people's hunger for an inclusive, corruption-free and democratic government.

"The global community is relieved that the violence and brutality that marked the protests have ended, resulting to the interim government which you now head," the message read.

In his credo, President Ramon Magsaysay firmly said: "I believe that government starts at the bottom and moves upward, for government exists for the welfare of the masses of the nation. I believe that the highest leader in the state should set the example of a big heart, an honest mind, sound instincts, the virtue of healthy impatience and an abiding love for the common man."

"May this new chapter in your country's history be defined by stability and not uncertainty, by equity not inequality, and with leadership that upholds the fundamental rights of the common man and not the select few," according to the message.