DHAKA, Bangladesh -- Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus took the oath of office as head of Bangladesh's interim government Thursday after an uprising prompted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to step ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the surface, it was a routine closed-door meeting between Bangladesh’s interim leader and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and the ...

Barring Sheikh Hasina's Awami League, all political parties in Bangladesh are, more or less, gearing up for the February 12 general election, amid war of words and deadly political violence. With just ...

A labor court in Bangladesh's capital Monday sentenced Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus to six months in jail for violating the country's labor laws. Yunus, who pioneered the use of microcredit ...

A Bangladeshi court has upheld the removal of Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus as head of the micro-lending Grameen Bank he founded, in a move his supporters are calling politically motivated. On March 2 ...

Dhaka: In a significant geopolitical development, the interim government of Bangladesh led by Professor Muhammad Yunus is reportedly seeking assistance from Interpol for the extradition of former ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus took the oath of office as head of Bangladesh’s interim government Thursday after an uprising prompted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to ...

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 ...

The party is dedicated to running the country under Islamic law, but ran on a more moderate platform. It gained far more seats in last week’s election than it ever had before. By Anupreeta Das and ...