The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Friday the Nobel Peace Prize for 2006 was awarded, divided into two equal parts, to Bangladesh economist Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank for their efforts ...

FILE- Muhammad Yunus, an economist from Bangladesh who founded the Grameen Bank and won a Nobel Peace Prize, is seen at the end of a press conference in Paris Monday Feb. 18, 2008.

Professor Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank, which he founded, were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 “for their efforts to create economic and social development from below.” Since then, ...

Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus will be the chief adviser of an interim government in Bangladesh. The decision was made at a meeting between Bangladesh's President Mohammed Shahabuddin, ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A court in Bangladesh on Sunday granted bail to Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus in a $2.3 million embezzlement case. Yunus, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 ...

Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus was sworn into office Thursday as Bangladesh’s interim leader. He has vowed to guide the country back to democracy after a student-led uprising ended the ...

NOBEL Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus hailed Bangladesh’s “second independence” as he returned to lead his country back to democracy after a student-led uprising ended the 15-year rule of ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh--A labor court in Bangladesh’s capital Monday sentenced Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad ... against Yunus. The leaders, including former U.S. President Barack Obama, former ...

Nobel Peace Prize-winning economist Muhammad Yunus has a new challenge: The political novice took the helm of an interim Bangladeshi government after a surge of student protests culminated in the ...

TASS/. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus was appointed to lead the interim cabinet of Bangladesh, the Dhaka Tribune newspaper reported. Joynal Abedin, spokesman for Bangladeshi President ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Bangladeshi Nobel Peace Prize winner and microcredit pioneer Muhammad Yunus gestures as he ...

DHAKA (Reuters): Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus was named chief adviser of Bangladesh's interim government on Tuesday (Aug 6), a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled ...