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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: A man who's considered a superstar in lending money to the poor is on trial starting today. Muhammad Yunus is known for advancing the idea of microlending, helping people ...
He graduated from the Yale School of the Environment in 2017. A classically trained musician, he currently works on climate mitigation, focusing on insetting carbon within the global supply chain of ...
Muhammad Yunus's X handle has also been clarifying on reports about Bangladesh on social media. "Some social media accounts falsely claim that 20,000 Bangladeshi militants have joined the Arakan ...
Muhammad Yunus arrived in Bangladesh from an overseas trip as he looks to restore calm and rebuild the country following an uprising that ended the rule of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Bangladesh's Muhammad Yunus "needs to remain" in office as interim leader to ensure a peaceful transition of power, a cabinet member and special adviser to Yunus said Friday.
Muhammad Yunus, 84, is heading an interim government following the toppling of the South Asian country’s prime minister and dissolution of parliament, according to the Bangladesh president’s ...
Nahid Islam, leader of the National Citizen Party, confirmed that Muhammad Yunus was “thinking about resigning.” He held a private conversation with Bangladesh's chief adviser amid the rumours ...
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will take the lead role in guiding Bangladesh through its new transitory period, after mass student-led protests pushed the nation’s longtime prime minister to ...
Jamaat-e-Islami and the NCP criticized Bangladesh's chief adviser Muhammad Yunus for showing partiality after he reached a preliminary understanding with the BNP to hold elections in February ...
Yunus lived in a tiny apartment, which I believe had two or three small rooms, with his daughter and wife inside the Grameen compound. We weren't really allowed to venture there, although I always ...