True, sustained success does not happen overnight. Nor does it happen on the basis of raw talent or one great idea. It is achieved through the commitment and culmination of endless hours of getting to ...

Dhaka looks reborn after a fresh lick of paint. Though this is not your typical municipal spruce-up. The sprawling Bangladeshi capital has been festooned with garish political murals celebrating ...

MUHAMMAD YUNUS was already Bangladesh’s most famous citizen; this week he assumed its most important political office. On August 6th the 84-year-old economist and Nobel peace laureate was appointed to ...

I had just graduated college during one of the worst financial meltdowns in the United States. Fearing my fate, prompted me to pack up my meager belongings and head off to unchartered territory, all ...

Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The Independent, and Investors Chronicle. Hans Daniel Jasperson has over a decade ...

It has been a week for a lot of people. But take a moment to consider one of Bangladesh's most prominent citizens, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus. At the outset of this week, he was in Paris for the ...

One year after mass protests toppled Bangladesh's regime, Muhammad Yunus is leading a nation in transition. He spoke with NPR about the challenges the country still faces. Sponsor Message MICHEL ...

A Nobel peace laureate known globally as the “banker to the poor” could be imprisoned in his home country of Bangladesh as he faces a slew of legal charges that he says are politically motivated.

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will take the lead role in guiding Bangladesh through its new transitory period, after mass student-led protests pushed the nation’s longtime prime minister to resign and ...

The visit of Dr. Muhammad Yunus, the chief adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh, to China from March 26 to 29 is more than a regular diplomatic visit. It represents the beginning of a new ...

Bangladesh interim government’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus said it is “important” for his country to see China as a good friend and he expects ties between Dhaka and Beijing to enter a new phase as ...

Yunus and the Grameen Bank were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, after lending a total of about $6 billion in housing, student and micro-enterprise loans, and specifically in support of ...