Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus has taken the oath of office to lead Bangladesh’s interim government after protests forced out Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina this week.
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will head Bangladesh’s interim government after longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country amid a mass uprising that left hundreds of people dead and pushed the South Asian nation to the brink of chaos. The decision, announced early W...
A special judge’s court in Bangladesh has indicted Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and 13 others on charges in an over $2 million embezzlement case. June 12 South Africa holds off Bangladesh by 4 runs to stay unbeaten in T20 World Cup Spinner Keshav Maharaj has bowled a six-run, two-wi...
File photo. Bangladeshi Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus (C) talks to the media outside the Dhaka Labor Court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1 January 2024. [EPA-EFE/MONIRUL ALAM] Euractiv.com with Reuters Bangladesh's Nobel-winning microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus has been...
DHAKA, BANGLADESH —Bangladesh's interim leader and Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus said Sunday that his administration will seek the extradition of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from India, where has been in exile since fleeing a mass uprising i...
Muhammad Yunus takes over from former PM Sheikh Hasina who fled to India after weeks of student-led protests that left hundreds dead
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus will return to Bangladesh to be sworn in as the head of an interim government this week. Bangladesh'sparliament was dissolvedon Tuesday after Sheikh Hasina - the country's leader for 15 years - fled...
DHAKA (Reuters) - A Bangladesh court has sentenced the country's only Nobel laureate, Mohammad Yunus, to six months in jail over labour law violations, a crime he says he did not commit, days ahead of a Jan. 7 general election boycotted by the main opposition party. ...
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunustook the oath of office as head of Bangladesh’s interim government Thursday following the uprising that prompted formerPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina to step down and fleeto India. Yunus’ key tasks for now are to restore peace and prepare for new...
“We have decided that an interim government will be formed in which internationally renowned Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, who has wide acceptability, will be the chief adviser,” Nahid Islam, an organiser of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, said in a video statement ...