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, 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bangladesh’s Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has been asked to head the interim government in the wake of the political crisis that saw Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina flee the country on Monday.

Muhammad Yunus, as interim leader, faces the daunting task of restoring order in a country gripped by violence and uncertainty. By Saif Hasnat and Mujib Mashal Saif Hasnat reported from Dhaka ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

DHAKA, June 12 (Reuters) - Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and 13 others were indicted by a Bangladesh court on Wednesday on charges of embezzlement of 252.2 million taka ($2 million) from the ...