Gautam Gandhi wins Fulbright award

Gautam Gandhi's role model is Muhammad Yunus, founder of Bangladesh's revolutionary Grameen Bank. Like 2006 Nobel Laureate Yunus, he has gone on to win an award -- in his case the Fulbright for......

Rajasthan youths complain of lack of jobs, but have faith in Modi

The Congress has made lack of jobs, along with agrarian distress, its key election plank in the run-up to the December 7 assembly polls. Archis Mohan reports. Sangram Singh, an electrician in his......

FULL TEXT: President's address to Parliament

Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session. Honourable Members, This joint sitting of......

President's address to the Parliament

Following is the trascriptof President Pratibha Patil's address to the joint sittingof Parliament on Thursday.Honourable Members, I convey my good wishes to you and to all our people. On behalf of......

Yunus on why he was sacked as Grameen Bank MD

Nobel peace prize winner Muhammad Yunus, who has been ousted as Grameen Bank managing director, tells Business Standard he hopes the bank continues to be run by the poor of Bangladesh. As the......

Court upholds Yunus's sacking from Grameen Bank

Bangladesh's High Court on Tuesday upheld the sacking of Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus as head of the pioneering Grameen Bank he founded nearly three decades ago, holding he has been......

Learning from Grameen Bank

After the celebration in this part of the world over Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize dies down, focus should shift to how best this global......

Yunus welcomes probe into fund diversion issue

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus has welcomed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's call for an investigation into allegations that he channelled foreign aid meant for the Grameen Bank to another company.......

If cricket was only about emotions and passion...

'...then Bangladesh would have been the world champions a long time ago.'The reality is sadly different, says Bikash Mohapatra.   IMAGE: A Bangladesh fan at the Asia Cup final between India......