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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 ...
Dhaka, May 1 -- Highlighting the importance of workers welfare through joint efforts, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday said the mass desire to build New Bangladesh would remain ...
Yunus lived in a tiny apartment, which I believe had two or three small rooms, with his daughter and wife inside the Grameen compound. We weren't really allowed to venture there, although I always ...
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 ...
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.
Bangladesh's de-facto prime minister has threatened to step down if political parties cannot agree on reforms that citizens await with growing impatience, a top student leader has said, deepening ...
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Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus will begin a four-day official visit to China on Wednesday, which will include talks with President Xi Jinping and top business executives.
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.
But hours after Hasina's ouster on Aug. 5, Yunus received a phone call. He was asked to serve as special advisor to the interim government. It was a "very strange turn of events," he told NPR's ...
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 ...