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Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus is granted bail in a Bangladesh graft case

Mar. 03, 2024 08:07 AM EST

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A court in Bangladesh on Sunday granted bail to Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus in a $2.3 million embezzlement case. Yunus, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for pioneering the use of microcredit to help impoverished people, was sentenced to six...

Bangladeshi leader says a shopping mall that caught fire had no emergency exits. Death toll climbs

Mar. 01, 2024 09:34 AM EST

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A six-story shopping mall that caught fire in the Bangladeshi capital had no fire exits, the country's prime minister said Friday, as the death toll climbed to at least 46 and rescuers searched for more victims. The fire started late Thursday in a...

Bangladesh appeals court grants bail to Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus in labor case

Jan. 28, 2024 05:41 AM EST

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — An appeals court in Bangladesh on Sunday granted bail to Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, who had been sentenced earlier to six months in prison for violating the country’s labor laws. The court also agreed to hear an appeal against his sentencing. Yunus...