Dr Yunus appears at court

Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus has appeared before the court in connection with the case filed against him on charges of labour law violation and misappropriating money.

Dr Yunus and other accused reached the court premises around 11:00am on Monday (July 15).

The hearing in the case is scheduled to hold at the court of Judge Syed Arafat Hossain of Dhaka Special Judge Court-4.

Earlier on June 12, the court framed charges against Dr Muhammad Yunus and 13 others for allegedly embezzling Taka 25 crore from the company and laundering abroad.

The 13 accused in the case are-, Grameen Telecom Managing Director (MD) Nazmul Islam, Directors Ashraful Hasan, Naznin Sultana, Parvin Mahmud, Md Shahjahan, Nurjahan Begum and Professor SM Huzzatul Islam Latifee, President of 'Grameen Telecom Sramik Karmachari Union Md Kamruzzaman and its General Secretary Firoz Mahmud Hasan, lawyers Zafrul Hasan Sharif and Yusuf Ali, Union's representative Md Mainul Islam and Jatiya Workers Federation's Office Secretary Kamrul Hasan.