Dr Yunus gets 6-month jail for violating labour law

Dr Yunus gets 6-month jail for violating labour law

A labour court ¦here today convicted and sentenced Grameen Telecom Chairman and Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus and three others to six-month jail in a case filed against them for violating labour law.
Judge Sheikh Merina Sultana of Dhaka 3rd Labour Court pronounced the judgment around 3.05pm in presence of all the four convicts.
The court fined them Taka 5,000 each, to suffer 10-day jail in default under a section of the Bangladesh Labor Act, 2006. It also fined them Taka 25,000 each, to suffer 15-day behind bars in default.