DHAKA, Bangladesh — After Bangladesh’s prime minister resigned in the face of violent unrest, one name has emerged as a possible caretaker until new elections are announced: Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel laureate known as the “banker to the poorest of the poor” and a longtime cr...
Yunus, who is currently in Paris for the Olympics, called Ms Hasina's resignation the country's "second liberation day" and, according to student leader Nahid Islam, he has agreed to head an interim government. Bangladesh's figurehead president and its top military commander...
The government,headed by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunuswho was chosen by the students, “must keep in mind that their main responsibility is to hold an election,” said Zillur Rahman, executive director of the Center for Governance Studies, a Dhaka-based think tan...
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people around the world. Muhammad Yunus, founder and managing director of Bangladesh's Grameen Bank, was the guest speaker at Wharton's MBA commencement on May 17. The following is the first of three articles based on his interview with Knowledge@Wharton. ...