DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus says Bangladesh's latest move to expand the power of the government-appointed chairman at the pioneering Grameen Bank he founded could hurt ...

In 1983, Yunus founded Grameen Bank, which gives small loans to entrepreneurs who would not normally qualify for bank loans. The bank’s success in lifting people out of poverty led to similar ...

I’m Amy Goodman, with Part 2 of our conversation with Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner. He’s out with a new book, has just come to the ...

A Bangladesh court on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant against Nobel laureate and Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus for failing to appear before it on charges he violated labor laws.

If you continue to experience issues, contact us at 202-466-1032 or help@chronicle.com Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel Prize-winning founder of Grameen Bank, said recent moves by Bangladeshi officials to ...

The global financial crisis has highlighted a curious success story: A bank that doles out loans to some of the world's poorest, least-creditworthy people continues to have a payback rate of ...

It operated under Uniqlo Social Business Bangladesh, a “wholly owned” Fast Retailing subsidiary that began in 2010 as a partnership between the LifeWear maker and Grameen Bank Group to tackle ...

Grameen Bank, famous for pioneering micro-credit programs in Bangladesh, has launched a new idea to empower the poor: arming beggars with mobile phones so they can sell a roving service for cash.

Bangladesh's parliament approved a law on Tuesday bringing the Nobel prize-winning Grameen Bank under central bank authority, a move founder Mohammad Yunus has said is a ploy to destroy the ...

Or how I learned to stop worrying on Dr Yunus and the power of an idea. “Dr. Yunus discovered that microcredit can be both commercially viable and an engine for socio-economic change. Grameen Bank has ...

The bank offers loans of between $500 and $3,000. No collateral is needed, but borrowers, gathered in peer groups of five to help ensure they stick to the rules, must repay two percent of the loan ...