Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus will file an appeal tomorrow (Jan 28) with the Labour Appellate Tribunal against the verdict delivered by the Labour Court on January 1. 

Dr Yunus' lawyer Abdullah-Al-Mamun confirming the matter said, "We will challenge the verdict at the Labour Appellate Tribunal tomorrow.”

On January 1, Sheikh Merina Sultana, chairman of the Third Labour Court of Dhaka, sentenced Dr Yunus, chairman of Grameen Telecom, and its directors Ashraful Hassan, Nurjahan Begum and M Shahjahan to six months in jail in a case.

Soon after the verdict on January 1, the same court granted bail to all four for 30 days, following separate bail pleas.

On September 9, 2021, Labour Inspector (General) SM Arifuzzaman filed the case against Yunus and the three others.

The court framed charges in the case on June 6 last year. It also recorded four prosecution witnesses.

According to the case statements, Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) officials inspected the Grameen Telecom office in the capital's Mirpur on August 16, 2021, and found several violations of labour laws there.

BDST: 1835 HRS, JAN 27, 2024
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