Yunus Sentenced To 6 Month's Jail

Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus and three other top officials of Grameen Telecom were sentenced to six months' imprisonment in a labour law violation case on Monday (January 1).

Sheikh Merina Sultana, chairman of the Third Labour Court of Dhaka, delivered the verdict.

Prof Yunus is the chairman of Grameen Telecom, while the others sentenced -- Ashraful Hassan, Nurjahan Begum and Mohammad Shahjahan -- are top officials.

They appeared at the courtroom at 1:42pm.

On December 24, the court set today for delivery of the verdict.