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Mr. Yunus has remained at work since the central bank's ruling, but he appears to be running out of legal options to stay.

Recently, the government issued orders that Yunus is to be removed from his post as managing director of the bank.

Poverty is often perceived as a dilemma of the developing world, Yunus said, but the problem is alive and well in North America.

Yunus , the founder of the bank, is an entrepreneurial figure cut from the same cloth as Steve Jobs , the founder of Apple .

Mr. Yunus has said he's ready to stand down as managing director, but only when a plan is in place for a smooth transition.

After giving away so much credit, Yunus finally won some for himself in 2006 when he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics.

"Society has been feeling the pinch of death, " Yunus says, and no ordinary bank is prepared to help.

So Yunus started his own bank to help the poorest of the poor lift themselves up.

Both the bank and Yunus, have come under attack by the government of Bangladesh and its prime minister, Sheikh Hasina Wazed.

In a separate statement, Mr Yunus said he welcomed an official investigation.

Mohammed Yunus has said he worries that lenders may be more interested in profits than poverty reduction.

He struck up a relationship with Muhammad Yunus, the founder of Grameen Bank, which provides microfinance, to turn the dream into reality.

In his new book, Mr Yunus describes how Grameen and Danone agreed on a joint venture to sell nutritious food to the poor.

Mr Yunus started the Grameen Bank to offer micro loans to the poor, and the model has been replicated in many countries around the world.

He and Mr Yunus are campaigning for the microfinance industry to agree on common standards on disclosing charges to help borrowers.

In an impassioned speech , Professor Yunus said two-thirds of the world's population had no access to the formal financial system .

The court said the reason was summoned Yunus 4 years, because the judicial process requires careful investigation.

"This award will encourage me further to dedicate myself to improving the lives of the poor, " Yunus said later in comments to reporters.

OER can play at least two roles in Yunus' vision of enabling local entrepreneurship.

Mister Yunus says he started Grameen because he wanted to see if banking could be done without collateral.

IN MUCH of the world Muhammad Yunus is known as the genial pioneer of microcredit and the winner of the 2005 Nobel peace prize.

Institutions continue to emerge and grow, many funded by private capital and seeking a real return, an approach Mr Yunus opposes.

Grameen Bank has denied any wrongdoing by Mr Yunus or the bank's nine- member board .

By the time I return to London, Yunus will have been sacked as MD at Grameen.

Yunus launched the "Citizens' Power" party, billing itself as a clean, efficient alternative to political unrest.

In "Creating a World Without Poverty, " Mr. Yunus describes what he sees as the ultimate goals of globalization.

Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, Ingushetia's president, who moved to root out corruption, was almost killed in a terrorist attack last June.

If I needed a reminder it comes with the government's attack on Mohammad Yunus, the Nobel Laureate and pioneer of microcredit.

[font=Tahoma]Mr Yunus foresees social businesses bringing clean water, renewable energy and health insurance to the impoverished masses.

Replicas of Yunus's program have spread to nearly every part of the globe, including Africa, Latin America, even Harlem.

Nevertheless, the government is proceeding to remove Yunus against the objections of its majority owners and will probably succeed.

FOR years Muhammad Yunus reigned as the public face of microfinance.

The documentary questioned the benefits of microfinance and alleged Mr Yunus had "misappropriated" donors' money.

But the release of the documentary led to sharp attacks on Mr Yunus and Grameen in Bangladesh.

Muhammad Yunus doesn't talk like a typical banker. He believes that access to credit is a fundamental human right.

Mr Yunus denies all the charges against him but has made powerful enemies among Bangladesh's politicians.

Modern microfinance started with Nobel Prize-winning economist Muhammad Yunus in Bangladesh.

In late April, Yunus officiated at the opening of the first branch of Grameen America in New York City.

Dr. Yunus approached a bank manager, who thought it too funny an idea even to talk about.

Mr Yunus denies all the charges against him but he has made some powerful enemies among Bangladesh's politicians.

Yunus, who shared in the $1. 4-million prize with the Grameen Bank he founded 30 years ago, pioneered the concept of microcredit.

Mr Yunus won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize and is treated as a national hero in Bangladesh.

Yunus received his PhD in economics in 1969 from Nashville's Vanderbilt University, where he was a Fulbright scholar.

Since then, government officials have engaged in attacks against Yunus and challenged the work of all microlenders in Bangladesh.

Mr. Yunus is a popular figure in Bangladesh, an impoverished Muslim-majority country of 160 million bordered by India and Myanmar.

This is still very low by most standards and Mr Yunus says that repayment rates at Grameen remain impeccable.

U. S. officials are concerned the developments could undermine the independence of Grameen Bank, which Mr. Yunus founded in 1976.

The current model of local government is simply "not working" , says Yunus Carrim, deputy minister for local government.

Yet in his native Bangladesh Mr Yunus's reputation is under attack.

Hairless Yunus has a few marbles missing because he is a wrestler.

[font=Tahoma]Mr Yunus might argue that these non-profits rely on donors, not investors.

Mr. Yunus appealed, but Tuesday's Supreme Court ruling ended that legal avenue.

Given that Yunus understands Grameen's culture better than anyone, he should have a key say in any leadership change.

But Mr Yunus has many supporters, both within Bangladesh and outside it.

Some reckon Sheikh Hasina is miffed that Mr Yunus and Grameen got the Nobel prize.

A social business is a "zero-loss, zero-dividend" venture, as Mr Yunus puts it.

A left-wing political party officials in the country because of remarks to the court alleged slander Yunus.

You can design a social business to do something about it, says Yunus.

Yunus invites anybody who is listening to think bigger about the concept of capitalism itself.

Yunus founded in the 1970s, initially was aid dependent but hasn't taken donor money since 1998, as it became more profitable.

The clock started ticking for Nobel Peace laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus in 2007.

Unemployment in the eastern Glasgow is 7. 5 per cent and thousands of families, Yunus says, are in the third generation of unemployment.

Mr Yunus insisted the move was political and lodged an appeal.

The father of microcredit, the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, 18, took to the courts of Bangladesh.

On March 15, the Bangladeshi Supreme Court postponed ruling on Yunus's case for two weeks.

Muhammad Yunus I think is a classical example of social innovation.

In 1976, Muhammad Yunus set up Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, based on a simple idea: microcredit.

Yunus wants to give capitalism a soul.

In 2006, Mr. Yunus received the Nobel Peace Prize for this work.

That's the powerful example of Dr. Yunus.

A judge said: "Yunus's lawyer said he is an international celebrity, can not appear in court every day. "

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