Yunus’ bail Labour Law violation case extended till May 23

Nobel laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus.

The Labour Appellate Tribunal of Dhaka today extended bail of Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus and three other convicted, directors of Grameen Telecom until May 23 in the Labour Law Violation case.

MA Awal, Chairman (in-charge) of Labour Appellate Tribunal, passed the order, Barrister Abdullah-Al-Mamun, a lawyer for Professor Yunus, told the media.

Earlier, Dr Yunus, Chairman of Grameen Telecom, with his three colleagues appeared before the tribunal around 11:00am and filed a petition, seeking extension of temporary bail till disposal of the appeal in the case, the counsel said.

The court fixed May 23 for hearing the appeal filed by Dr Yunus and three Grameen Telecom directors against the Labour Court’s sentence in the case.

On January 1, Labour Court-3 of Dhaka sentenced the four to six months’ imprisonment and fined Tk 30,000 each for violating labour law. - Special Correspondent