STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: A man who's considered a superstar in lending money to the poor is on trial starting today. Muhammad Yunus is known for advancing the idea of microlending, helping people ...

MUHAMMAD YUNUS: (As himself) I'm Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank. And oh, yeah, I'm also the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Yunus lived in a tiny apartment, which I believe had two or three small rooms, with his daughter and wife inside the Grameen compound. We weren't really allowed to venture there, although I always ...

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 ...

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, the pioneer of the global microcredit movement who could shepherd Bangladesh's new interim government, was an arch foe of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who has ...

FILE - Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus, center, speaks to the media in Dhaka, May 23, 2024. Yunus has been chosen to head Bangladesh's interim government after the nation's prime minister ...

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