Senator John Kerry, chairman of the United States senate committee on foreign relations, has expressed concern over ‘removal’ of Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus from Grameen Bank, saying the international community would keep a close eye on the situation. “I am deeply concerned by efforts to remove Muhammad Yunus as managing director of the
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‘Removal’ rolls into HC
Order on Yunus’ petition Sunday; Nobel hero wants a ‘graceful solution’ to his departure from Grameen Professor Muhammad Yunus yesterday went to court challenging the central bank order that removed him from the post of managing director of Grameen Bank, while the wider international community showed its displeasure at the way the Nobel prize winner ... Read more
US deeply troubled
Moriarty says Hillary-Yunus meet Mar 28; diplomats, donors worried, frustrated Foreign diplomats in Bangladesh have sharply reacted to the government’s move to remove Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus from Grameen Bank and none of them took it positively. They said they never thought that the government could make such an extreme move against an internationally ... Read more
Arguments at court
Appearing for Prof Muhammad Yunus, eminent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain prayed for a ruling on the government to explain why the Bangladesh Bank’s “letter of removal” should not be declared illegal. He also prayed for a stay order on the effectiveness of the central bank’s letter. Nobel laureate Yunus at the High Court yesterday challenged ... Read more
Image dented
Admits Muhith, but says ‘we had no other alternative’ Bangladesh’s image has been dented due to the government’s “removal” of Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus from Grameen Bank, Finance Minister AMA Muhith admitted yesterday. “It has not lifted the country’s image at all, but we had no other alternative,” he told journalists after a meeting ... Read more
Prof Yunus tells stories of his boyhood travel
Two Books Launched Prof Yunus tells stories of his boyhood travel Some 56 years ago, Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus had been nominated for attending World Scouts Jamboree when he was a student of class X at Chittagong Collegiate School. When asked why he wanted to join the jamboree, 15-year-old Yunus told the chief national ... Read more
Nobel committee lends support to Yunus again
Norwegian Nobel Committee has recently said it had awarded Prof Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank the peace prize in 2006 after it pieced their “larger and very positive picture together”. “When a bank has 7-8 million borrowers, it is easy to find isolated negative examples. It was only when the Committee had pieced this larger ... Read more
Prof Yunus gets bail in food adulteration case
The Food Court of Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) yesterday granted bail to Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus in a case filed on charges of food adulteration. The court passed the order after his lawyer Barrister Sara Hossain prayed for his bail in presence of Yunus, the chairman of Grameen Danone Foods Limited
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