The Bangladeshi economist revolutionized the fight against poverty with microcredit and advocates for an economic model ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, who was recommended by Bangladeshi student leaders as the head of the interim government in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus appeared emotional as he arrived in Bangladesh to lead the interim government, days after mass ...

BAKU, Azerbaijan — Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus said Wednesday that world leaders shouldn't be negotiating at United Nations climate talks this year, and countries responsible for ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By JULHAS ALAM DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s incoming interim leader Muhammad Yunus appealed for calm Wednesday and urged all parties to help the ...

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 ...

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus saw the trajectory of his life change after student-led protests this summer resulted in his installation as the interim leader of Bangladesh. Autocratic former Prime ...

Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning economist, in his office in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. In August, Yunus is scheduled to go on trial for a money-laundering case, which ...

A big idea sometimes starts out small. In 1974, after earning his Ph.D. in the U.S., Muhammad Yunus was teaching economics at Bangladesh’s Chittagong University. When a deadly famine struck the ...

Newspaper buildings were set on fire after the death of an activist who was attacked recently. Political leaders fear more violence could derail attempts to restore democracy. By Saif Hasnat and Alex ...