Yunus acquitted in labour law violation case

A Dhaka tribunal has acquitted Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus of a labour law violation case.

Three top officials of Grameen Telecom were also acquitted of the same case

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

On January 1 of this year, 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.

Prof Yunus and his colleagues, on January 28, have filed appeals with the Labour Appellate Tribunal against the labour court's sentence. 

On August 16, 2021, Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) officials inspected the Grameen Telecom office in Mirpur and found several violations of labour laws, according to the case documents.