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Yunus-led interim govt sworn in

Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus took the oath as the chief adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh along with 13 other advisers on Thursday, four days after long-time ruler Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India amid a student-led mass uprising...

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Interim govt composition should reflect full-scale representation

NOW that it has been decided that Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus would lead the interim government and the installation of the government would be held this evening, it is imperative that the composition of the government should reflect a full-scale representation of society, with people from the Bengalis, national and religious minorities...

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Prof Yunus’s sentence in labour case cancelled

The Labour Appellate Tribunal on Wednesday cancelled the six-month jail sentences of Grameen Telecom chairman and Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and three others in a case filed over labour law violations...

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Nobel laureate Yunus to lead interim govt in Bangladesh

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus was named as the chief of the interim government on Tuesday night, few hours after the president, Mohammed Shahabuddin, dissolved the 12th parliament formed through the controversial January 7 general election...

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Trial of Prof Yunus in graft case deferred to August 5

Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-4 on Monday deferred recording the testimony of prosecution witnesses till August 5th in a case filed against Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and 13 others under the Money Laundering Prevention Act...

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Malala calls to stop deporting Afghans

Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai called for Pakistan to stop deporting undocumented Afghans, saying she was especially concerned about the ‘dark future’ awaiting women and...

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Musical event addresses Tagore as singer

Young Bangladeshi Tagore singer Joyita Tithi and Indian author and Tagore researcher Pitam Sengupta performed in an event on Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore on Tuesday...

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PM invites Yunus to a debate with her

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday invited Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus to join a debate with her, saying that Younus got the most benefit from her and is now pursuing a propaganda against her using the money he amassed illegally...

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HC starts hearing Tk 600cr tax evasion case of Prof Yunus

The High Court on Thursday started fresh hearing on two writ petitions filed by Grameen Kalyan, a nonprofit social business company founded by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, challenging the National Board of Revenue’s claim of Tk 600 crore income tax from the company for the years 2013 to 2017...

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Cultural events mark Tagore’s birth anniv

Different government and private cultural organisations observed the 163rd anniversary of the birth of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore organising cultural programmes, discussions and awards ceremony in Dhaka on Wednesday...

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Democratic transformation of society and state must for integrated development

Professor Muhammad Yunus (1940-), founder of the micro-finance famed Grameen Bank and a Peace Nobel Laureate, who is controversial at home and hailed abroad, now facing corruption charges brought up by a visibly hostile government, explains in an exclusive interview with ¶¶Òõ¾«Æ·, the contentious issues relating to the allegations