Dr Yunus case verdict today

The verdict against Grameen Telecom Chairman and Nobel Laureate economist Dr Muhammad Yunus and three others in a case filed on charges of violating labour laws, is going to be pronounced today (January 1).

Dhaka’s third labor court’s judge Begum Sheikh Merina Sultana will pronounce the verdict.

Expressing hope, Abdullah Al Mamun, lawyer of Dr Yunus said that the state could not prove the allegation. So, the accused will get acquittal.

Earlier on December 24, the court fixed the date to deliver the verdict after completing the hearing.

On September 9, 2021, Labour Inspector (general) SM Arifuzzaman of the Inspection for Factories and Establishments Department (IFED) filed the case with the Third Labour Court of Dhaka.

According to the case documents, IFED officials on August 16, 2021, inspected the office of Grameen Telecom in the capital's Mirpur and found several violations of labour laws.