Muhammad Yunus, 84, is heading an interim government following the toppling of the South Asian country’s prime minister and dissolution of parliament, according to the Bangladesh president’s ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh’s next leader Muhammad Yunus arrived home Thursday from an overseas trip and will take office later in the day, as he looks to restore calm and rebuild the ...

Muhammad Yunus on the Future of Bangladesh "Politics Is Not My Cup of Tea" Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus became famous through his revolutionary ideas in development aid. For the last ...

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. By Qasim Nauman ...

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, centre, takes the oath of office as the chief adviser of Bangladesh's new interim government during a ceremony administered by President Mohammed Shahabuddin ...

It’s not language that sits easily with 84-year-old Muhammad Yunus, though the Nobel laureate says he can forgive the students’ salty exuberance. “The words are very explosive,” Yunus ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh — After Bangladesh’s prime minister resigned in the face of violent unrest, one name has emerged as a possible caretaker until new elections are announced: Muhammad Yunus ...

NEW DELHI, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Nobel Peace Prize winning economist Muhammad Yunus takes over as the head of Bangladesh's caretaker government on Thursday at a time when the country is facing tough ...

Decades earlier, Yunus established the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh to empower the most marginalized communities through small loans, helping millions—97% of them women—build businesses ...

Quoting a Hadith of Prophet Muhammad (SAW), the cleric said ... of Allah’s constant watch over all human actions. Sheik Yunus warned Muslim women against engaging in acts that could invoke ...

Bangladeshi Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus and 13 others were indicted in Dhaka Wednesday for allegedly embezzling over $2 million from his telecom company. The indictment, brought by ...

Nobel Peace Prize-winning economist Muhammad Yunus has returned to Bangladesh to head an interim government after weeks of student-led protests forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and fl ...