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Bangladesh's Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus faces trouble in his homeland

By Diaa Hadid

Published September 1, 2023 at 5:19 AM EDT

Muhammad Yunus has faced a slew of legal cases, and now is accused of siphoning off dividends owed to workers, labor law violations and corruption.

Diaa Hadid

Diaa Hadid chiefly covers Pakistan and Afghanistan for NPR News. She is based in NPR's bureau in Islamabad. There, Hadid and her team were awarded a Murrow in 2019 for hard news for their story on why abortion rates in Pakistan are among the highest in the world.

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