The board of the Grameen Bank is meeting today in Dhaka to decide the future of its founder, Muhammad Yunus. Revered as one of the founders of microfinance, Yunus won a Nobel Prize in 2006 for his ...

The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus this month may provide a lift to the already rapidly growing field of microfinance, and bring financial services to a ...

SKS Microfinance, an Indian company that makes small loans to poor people, went public this week — sparking a debate about whether its obligations as a publicly traded company will take it away from ...

Muhammad Yunus, a microfinance pioneer, is helming a temporary administration - Copyright AFP Indranil MUKHERJEE Muhammad Yunus, a microfinance pioneer, is helming a ...

For years Muhammad Yunus reigned as the public face of microfinance. It seemed only right when, in 2006, the Bangladeshi economist-cum-social entrepreneur and his Grameen Bank shared the Nobel Peace ...

Asia: Politics pulls down the microfinance pioneer The forced removal of Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus as head of the lender casts a shadow over an institution that has flourished in Bangladesh ...

After a life dedicated to fighting extreme poverty, Bangladesh's 85-year-old Nobel-winning microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus is set to end his biggest mission. Yunus will hand over the reins of ...

Building on their four-year partnership to expand access to microfinance amongst the Arab World’s poor, Grameen Foundation and the Abdul Latif Jameel Group (ALJ) today announced the formation of ...

Bangladesh’s leader Muhammad Yunus has been acquitted in a graft case filed by the nation’s Anti-Corruption Commission, just days after he was sworn in to run an interim government following the ...

Reports of vandalism and mob violence are real, but wilder accusations emanating from India muddy the picture. By Saif Hasnat and Mujib Mashal It is a daunting task for Bangladesh. But an unusual mix ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Nobel Peace Prize winning economist Muhammad Yunus takes over as the head of Bangladesh's caretaker government on Thursday at a time when the country is facing tough economic ...