On January 1, 2024, Bangladesh sentenced 2006 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Grameen Telecom chairman Muhammad Yunus to six months in prison for labor law violations. Yunus, alongside three colleagues, was convicted of not setting up a required employee welfare fund, as reported by The Guardian. They remain free pending appeal. The case in Dhaka’s […]
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