MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP via Getty ImagesNobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus has been convicted of violating labor laws in Bangladesh after he and his microfinance bank, Grameen, were charged with embezzlement and corruption. The country’s prime minister, Sheik Hasina, accused Yunus of “sucking blood” from impoverished citizens, while the laureate’s supporters condemned the charges as politically motivated. Hasina’s administration has been increasingly vigilant in its repression of political dissent,
DHAKA, May 31 (Xinhua) A High Court division bench in Bangladesh has ordered Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to pay 120 million taka (around 1.12 million U.S.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao said that the state secures first place in the Swachh Bharat Grameen rankings in the large states category under the Swachh Bharat Mission is a reflection of the state government s performance and transparent governance.