Dhaka looks reborn after a fresh lick of paint. Though this is not your typical municipal spruce-up. The sprawling Bangladeshi capital has been festooned with garish political murals celebrating ...

(CNN) — A Nobel laureate known as the “banker to the poor” will aim to bring stability to Bangladesh after he answered a call by student protesters for him to temporarily lead the restive country ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A labor court in Bangladesh’s capital sentenced Monday Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus to six months in jail for violating the country’s labor laws. Yunus, who ...

Over more than four decades, Bangladesh’s Grameen Bank has disbursed some $37 billion in collateral-free loans to over 10 million of the world’s poorest people. But founder Muhammad Yunus still ...

One year after mass protests toppled Bangladesh's regime, Muhammad Yunus is leading a nation in transition. He spoke with NPR about the challenges the country still faces. Sponsor Message MICHEL ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh — More than 170 global leaders and Nobel laureates have urged Bangladesh’s prime minister to suspend legal proceedings against Muhammad Yunus, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize ...

Leaders of the student-led National Citizens Party at the party’s launch event at Manik Mia Avenue, Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 28, 2025. Credit: Wikipedia/Waisul Bahar It’s been almost nine months ...

Muhammad Yunus was born in Chittagong in southeast Bengal at the height of the Second World War when the Japanese captured Myanmar and threatened parts of eastern India. By the time he turned three, ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus took the oath of office as head of Bangladesh’s interim government Thursday following the uprising that prompted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ...

A Nobel laureate known as the “banker to the poor” will aim to bring stability to Bangladesh after he answered a call by student protesters for him to temporarily lead the restive country following ...