Bangladesh: Bank confirms ousting of Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus from two companies. In conflict with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and targeted by around a hundred accusations.
Yunus, 83, made a name for himself by lifting millions of people out of poverty thanks to his pioneering microcredit bank, Grameen Bank. He was sentenced to six months' imprisonment and fined BDT 5,000 in a labor law violation case, in Dhaka, in Bangladesh, January 1, 2024.