Bangladesh orders probe in microfinance pioneer (AFP)
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DHAKA (AFP) – Bangladesh’s government on Wednesday ordered a probe into Muhammad Yunus’s Grameen Bank in the latest sign of friction between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the acclaimed pioneer of microfinance. Yunus is celebrated worldwide after winning the 2006 Nobel peace prize for Grameen’s much-copied microfinance scheme that provides small loans to millions of poor people, but he has …
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Bangladesh Business Delegation to Visit Phl
14 January 2011 – The Philippine Embassy in Dhaka reported that a delegation of about 30 Bangladeshi businessmen will visit the Philippines on January 31 to February 3. Philippine Ambassador Bahnarim A. Guinomla said that this could be an opportunity to expand bilateral trade between the Philippines and Bangladesh. According to Ambassador Guinomla, the value of bilateral trade between the two …
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U.S. to help Bangladesh conduct 40-year-old war crimes trials
The United States will help Bangladesh stage “open and transparent” trials for crimes against humanity committed during the 40-year-old Bangladesh war for independence, a visiting U.S. envoy said on Thursday.
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