Bangladesh ramps up its persecution of Muhammad Yunus
The campaign against the Nobel prizewinner is part of a wider crackdown
When he became the first Bangladeshi to win the Nobel peace prize in 2006, Muhammad Yunus’s compatriots celebrated in the streets. The model of small, high-interest “microloans” to the poor that Mr Yunus pioneered in the 1980s had helped millions of people around the world lift themselves out of poverty. At home and abroad, the entrepreneur was a much-loved household name.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Reviled rival”
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