Yunus acquitted in labour law violation case

A Dhaka tribunal on Wednesday acquitted Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus and three top officials of Grameen Telecom of a labour law violation case.

MA Awal, chairman (in-charge) of the Labour Appellate Tribunal, delivered the verdict.

On 1 January, the Labour Court-3 of Dhaka sentenced Prof Yunus, also chairman of Grameen Telecom, and its directors Ashraful Hassan, M Shahjahan and Nurjahan Begum to six months' imprisonment each for violating labour laws.

The four were also fined Tk 30,000 each, in default of which they would have to serve 25 more days in prison.