Nobel Winner Muhammad Yunus to Lead Bangladesh Government

par This Is Beirut, 07/08 11:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Bangladesh Muhammad Yunus Sheikh Hasina Student Protests

Bangladesh's Nobel-winning microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus will lead an interim government after mass protests forced longtime prime minister Sheikh Hasina to flee, the presidency announced Wednesday. The appointment came quickly after student leaders called on the 84-year-old Yunus — credited with lifting millions out of poverty in the ...