As BNP's Tarique Rahman takes oath today, Muhammad Yunus has emerged as the biggest winner in Bangladesh. He pulled off most things he set out to do in the last 18 months and conducted an election by ...

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 ...

Dhaka looks reborn after a fresh lick of paint. Though this is not your typical municipal spruce-up. The sprawling Bangladeshi capital has been festooned with garish political murals celebrating ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus took the oath of office as head of Bangladesh’s interim government Thursday following the uprising that prompted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ...

Bangladeshi Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus, photographed in his office in Dhaka on Feb. 29, 2024. Bangladeshi Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus, photographed in his office in Dhaka on Feb. 29, ...

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus took the oath of office as head of Bangladesh’s interim government Thursday after an uprising prompted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to step down and flee to India.

The strongest case in Yunus’s favour is that he largely succeeded in what could be argued was his principal responsibility, conducting a nationally accepted election and overseeing a relatively ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh’s next leader Muhammad Yunus arrived home Thursday from an overseas trip and will take office later in the day, as he looks to restore calm and rebuild the country ...

Eight out of 10 voters backed reforms intended to safeguard democracy and increase women’s participation in politics. By Anupreeta Das and Saif Hasnat The national elections were the first since 2024, ...

(CNN) — A Nobel laureate known as the “banker to the poor” will aim to bring stability to Bangladesh after he answered a call by student protesters for him to temporarily lead the restive country ...

It has been a week for a lot of people. But take a moment to consider one of Bangladesh's most prominent citizens, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus. At the outset of this week, he was in Paris for the ...