'Banker to the poor' Muhammad Yunus faces jail in Bangladesh
WebMar 2, 2024 · World. Nobel peace laureate known as 'banker to the poor' faces jail in Bangladesh. Muhammad Yunus, who received the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for pioneering the use of microcredit to alleviate...
Muhammad Yunus - Wikipedia
WebMuhammad Yunus (born 28 June 1940) is a Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, banker, economist and civil society leader who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for founding the Grameen Bank and pioneering the concepts of microcredit and microfinance.
Muhammad Yunus: Nobel laureate sentenced to jail in …
Web1 January 2024. By Anbarasan Ethirajan,BBC News. EPA. A court in Bangladesh has sentenced the Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to six months in jail for violating the country's labour laws. Prof...
Bangladesh v. Muhammad Yunus
WebOn January 1, 2024, just one week before general elections characterized by a crackdown on the political opposition,1 a Labour Court in Bangladesh convicted Professor Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel-laureate and prior target for criticism by Bangladesh’s Prime Minister, for alleged violations of Bangladesh’s Labour Act 2006 (“Labour Law” or “Labour Act”).
Dr Yunus: Reached final stage of humiliation by standing in iron …
Web2 hours ago · Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus has said that when the final stage of humiliation is reached, one must enter the iron cage. “The cursed life has reached a critical stage, so I had to enter the iron cage,” he told reporters outside the court on Sunday. On Sunday, Judge Syed Arafat Hossain of the Special Judge's Court-4 of Dhaka held a ...
Muhammad Yunus: Leaders urge Bangladesh to end attacks on …
WebSep 1, 2023 · By Akbar Hossain & Kelly Ng. in Dhaka and Singapore. More than 170 global figures have called on Bangladesh's prime minister Sheikh Hasina to stop the "persecution" of Nobel laureate Muhammad...
Court order on framing of charges against Yunus on June 12
Web7 hours ago · A Dhaka court today set June 12 for passing an order on framing charges against Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus and 13 others in a case filed over misappropriation of about Tk 25.22 crore of ...
Muhammad Yunus: Nobel Peace Prize winner sentenced to 6 …
WebUpdated 12:46 PM PDT, January 1, 2024. DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — 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 microcredit to help impoverished people, was present in court and was ...
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus is granted bail in a Bangladesh …
WebUpdated 5:06 AM PDT, March 3, 2024. DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A court in Bangladesh on Sunday granted bail to Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus in a $2.3 million embezzlement case. Yunus, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for pioneering the use of microcredit to help impoverished people, was sentenced to six …
Bangladeshi court sentences Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus …
WebJan 1, 2024 · A Bangladeshi court has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus to six months in prison over labour law violations, escalating what his supporters call a vendetta by Prime Minister...
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