Nobel winner Yunus appears before Dhaka antigraft body

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 06, 2023 12:11 am

DHAKA: Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus appeared before Bangladesh's antigraft watchdog on Thursday over corruption charges that his lawyers said were part of a campaign of government harassment.

Yunus, 83, is credited with lifting millions out of poverty with his pioneering microcredit bank, but he has fallen out with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who has accused him of 'sucking blood' from the poor.

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