Guwahati, Feb. 15 -- Bangladesh in recent months has witnessed political turmoil ahead of the 12th parliamentary polls on January 7, 2024. In a significant development on January 1, a Bangladesh labour court sentenced Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and three of his colleagues of the Grameen Telecom to six months in jail for violating the country's labour law. The Grameen Telecom is one of the several firms set up by Yunus. He and his colleagues were convicted for failing to create a workers' welfare fund as per provision of Bangladesh's labour law. However, the court granted bail giving him 30 days to appeal against the verdict and sentence.

In another major development on February 1, Bangladesh's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) submitte...