Bangladesh on Wednesday set up a commission on the future of pioneering microfinance institution Grameen Bank and 54 related businesses headed by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus. Yunus was sacked as the head of Grameen Bank last year and the new commission ...

Finance Minister A.M.A. Muhith said the government has never meddled in the bank and denied claims by its founder, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus, that the administration is trying to take it over. "Can you say what problems have you ...

The Bangladeshi central bank last year removed Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel laureate and founder of Grameen Bank, from his post as head of the lender. Yunus challenged the central bank's controversial decision in court, but lost. Clinton said ...

What I saw after alighting from the train was appalling. The coach next to the engine was in flames and people were running helter-skelter,” said Mohammed Yunus, one of the travellers in the ill-fated Bangalore-bound train, which rammed a goods train ...

Clinton’s meeting with Grameen Bank founder and Nobel Laureate Muhammed Yunus was not surprising, since Clinton has long been an admirer of Yunus and Grameen’s program of issuing small loans to the poor. Clinton called Yunus a “tremendous ...

Hillary Clinton was an invited guest. Like everybody concerned about the political development of Bangladesh she made some suggestions to the Bangladesh government. But our finance minister made some arrogant comments which were insulting to the guest.

Barrister Rafique-ul Huq speaks at a discussion at Bangladesh Photo Journalists Association in the capital on Saturday. Photo: TV grab Star Online Report Eminent jurist Barrister Rafique-ul Huq lambasted the LGRD minister on Saturday for his remarks ...

It as a very special privilege for me to speak at the commencement ceremony of this prestigious institution. What a wonderful feeling to be here today. To be with all of you, some of the brightest minds in the world, right at a moment when you decide the ...