BB Letter To Finance Ministry
Yunus beyond legal age limit
Grameen Bank chairman presents it at board meeting
The chairman of Grameen Bank yesterday presented a letter at a board meeting that questioned the post of Professor Muhammad Yunus as its managing director beyond his retirement age.
The letter was written by a Bangladesh Bank official to the finance ministry expressing an opinion that Prof Yunus continued to hold the post beyond his retirement age of 60, which was
nobel laureate
US asks govt not to harass Yunus
David Bergman
US officials have told Sheikh Hasina that there will be no further high-level diplomatic interaction between the United States and Bangladesh until the harassment of Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank, ends.
A senior western diplomat, with direct knowledge of these conversations, told New Age that
13 eminent citizens stand for Yunus
Thirteen eminent citizens of the country yesterday said that Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus is being harassed in various ways.
In a joint statement they said Yunus is facing malicious personal attacks for his position and hence being subject of different allegations
Yunus slates ‘loan shark’ microlenders
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has labelled profit-driven microfinance firms as ‘loan sharks’ who undermine the small-credit schemes that he pioneered to help tackle poverty.
Yunus, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for making loans available to poor entrepreneurs, hit out at the commercial microfinance companies as the concept faces
Huge support for Yunus
Former Irish president Mary Robinson has joined the development partners, prominent personalities and corporations in vowing to protect Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus from “politically orchestrated” attacks.
As many as 50 charities and public figures, including James Wolfensohn, former World Bank president, Jagdish Sharan Verma, former Chief Justice of India, and Yeardley Smith, a
Prof Yunus gets bail in Mymensingh
Defamation Case
Prof Yunus gets bail in Mymensingh
A Mymensingh court yesterday granted Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus bail against a Tk-5,000 bond in connection with a defamation case filed against him.
Nazrul Islam Chunnu, joint secretary of Mymensingh unit Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD), filed the case on January 21, 2007 Yunus criticised politicians