Item 1 of 2 FILE PHOTOI: Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of the Government of Bangladesh, attends the 55th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 23, 2025.

A labor court in Bangladesh's capital Monday sentenced Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus to six months in jail for violating the country's labor laws.. Yunus, who pioneered the use of ...

Mr. Yunus, who received the Nobel Peace Prize for his pioneering work in microfinance, is widely respected in Bangladesh. The ousted prime minister largely saw him as a threat.

Yunus ultimately did not move forward with forming the party. In 2011, Bangladesh’s government-controlled central bank removed Yunus as managing director of Grameen Bank, saying he had exceeded ...

He says, if Yunus can't pull off deep-seated systemic change, the next government and prime minister might be just as autocratic as the one they toppled. CHOWDHURY: (Speaking Bangla).

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, who was recommended by Bangladeshi student leaders as the head of the interim government in Bangladesh, speaks during a press briefing, as he arrives at the Hazarat ...

Muhammad Yunus has struggled to navigate between the army, career politicians and the protest movement that overthrew the country’s authoritarian leader last year. By Saif Hasnat Reporting from ...

Yunus, a Nobel laureate, has been asked to guide Bangladesh through its new transitory period. Here’s what you need to know about the country’s new leader.

Indeed, more than 1,500 people were killed in clashes between protesters and security forces during July and August and many more wounded. (In addition, Yunus claims 3,500 people were ...

On the surface, it was a routine closed-door meeting between Bangladesh’s interim leader and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and the chiefs of the country’s three armed forces, to discuss law ...

Bangladesh's Yunus Could Quit Over Lack of Reform Progress, Student Leader Says By Ruma Paul and Sudipto Ganguly DHAKA (Reuters) -Bangladesh's de-facto prime minister has threatened to step down ...