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Yunus takes 7-member team to UNGA, Hasina used to take hundreds

Hasina attended the 70th UNGA in 2015 with a mammoth 227-member team. In 2014, her team size was 178 According to a notice issued by the Chief Advisor’s Office, the team consists of Deena Afroz Yunus, daughter of Prof Yunus; Debapriya Bhattacharya, a member of the white paper committee on economy; and Shahidul Alam, managing […]

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The Nobel winner tasked with leading a nation out of chaos

The microloans pioneer is known as a ‘banker to the poor’ Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus has been chosen to lead Bangladesh’s interim government after the country’s former prime minister Sheik Hasina resigned and fled the country following weeks of violent unrest. A well-known critic of Ms Hasina, Mr Yunus called the day of

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The Take: Can a Nobel laureate lead Bangladesh into a new era?

How is Bangladesh’s interim government doing after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had fled? There is cautious optimism as Bangladesh grapples with the aftermath of its student-led protests. Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus now leads a hopeful interim government tasked with securing elections. Will Bangladesh achieve true stability, or will a tumultuous political saga enter a

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