カテゴリー: Muhammad Yunus
As crowds attack newspaper offices and violence has killed 184 people, the optimism around Sheikh Hasina’s overthrow has dimmedThe sounds of a mob were already audible when Zyma Islam hit send on her article for Friday’s edition of Bangladesh’s Daily S…
Exclusive: MP and niece of ousted Bangladesh prime minister says allegations against her are ‘completely absurd’“There’s no extradition treaty, I looked that up myself actually,” says Tulip Siddiq, the MP for Hampstead and Highgate and a Treasury minis…
Five female activists talk about their lives since Sheikh Hasina was ousted – and how the country can secure lasting change for women’s rightsOn 5 August 2024, Sheikh Hasina resigned as prime minister of Bangladesh and fled the country, the culmination…
Protocol was ‘clearly odd’ relic of regime of ousted leader Sheikh Hasina, administration says in revision of directivesBangladesh’s caretaker government has overturned a longstanding protocol requiring female officials to be addressed as “sir”, callin…
Yunus is facing a huge security challenge as some police refuse to return to their posts, gang crime is rife and tensions simmer with the country’s army chiefWhen Muhammad Yunus flew back to Bangladesh in August, he was greeted by bleak scenes. The str…
Muslim refugees fleeing persecution in Myanmar are being detained and forced back by Bangladeshi border guardsIn the dim light of his home in Arakan, Myanmar, Mohammed is talking above the wailing of his youngest child. All three of his children are hu…
Allegations of violence against Hindus prompt mass protests in India and attack on Bangladeshi consulateGrowing tensions between India and Bangladesh have erupted amid accusations of attacks on Bangladesh’s Hindu minority, which have prompted mass prot…
Student protesters who forced out Sheikh Hasina have put Muhammad Yunus and interim government on notice that the old politics cannot returnThe relief in Dhaka was palpable. “It feels good that finally we have educated people running our government,” s…
Nobel laureate hopes to restore calm and rebuild country after uprising that ended Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year ruleProfile: who is Muhammad Yunus?Explainer: Why has Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled?Muhammad Yunus has been sworn in as head of a new caretaker…
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, fled this week amid mass unrest. This is a chance to replace autocracy with real civil and political rightsA “second liberation day”. That is how Muhammad Yunus, Nobel peace laureate, hailed the moment when Bangladesh…
Gen Z Bangladeshis say their protests may have ended but their duty to the nation persists, inspiring older compatriotsStudents are out in force on the streets of Dhaka, no longer protesting but working to put a city back together after the dramatic ev…
Incoming head of interim government hails ‘second Victory Day’ but tells Bangladeshis: ‘Violence is our enemy’Profile: Who is Muhammad Yunus?The Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, who is to lead an interim government in Bangladesh, urged people in the coun…
The Nobel Prize winner and long-time foe of Sheikh Hasina, is credited with lifting millions of people out of poverty by providing microfinancing Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has been chosen to head the Bangladesh’s interim government after the nation…
Decision came during meeting of military chiefs and organisers of the student protests that helped drive longtime prime minister Sheikh Hasina from powerProfile: who is Muhammad Yunus?Explainer: Why has Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled?Mass protests in …
Muhammad Yunus tells the Guardian charges against him are politically motivated, and expresses concern about personal attacks from politiciansThe Nobel peace laureate and microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus has said that years of fighting what he calls…