Rehman Sobhan urges govt about Grameen Bank at micro-credit roundtable
The government should heed the calls of 80 lakh Grameen Bank shareholders and let a democratic process determine how the organisation will be run, eminent economist Rehman Sobhan said yesterday.
“If you respect democracy, the prime ownership rests with the principal shareholders of the organisation. This is the simple proposition you have to keep in
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Yunus is a political victim
Say some British MPs, academics
Lord Avebury, vice-chair of the UK Parliamentary Human Rights Group, has said the removal of Grameen founder Prof Muhammad Yunus by the government from his post raises serious concerns about the creeping politicisation of development work and civil society in Bangladesh.
In a joint statement in London issued on March 11, Avebury and some British MPs and