Dr Yunus gets bail after surrender
Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus was granted bail after surrender to the trial court in three cases filed on charge of sacking three employees of Grameen Communications.
The Third Labour Court of Dhaka acting chairman Zaakia Parvin on Sunday (Nov 3) granted him bail upon Tk 10,000 bond.
Earlier in the morning, professor Yunus surrendered before the court as per the High Court order.
He was given bail in custody pf a lawyer and local custodian.
Earlier on Oct 9, the Third Labour Court of Dhaka has issued an arrest warrant for Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus for skipping the court appearance despite being summonsed over cases initiated by sacked employees of Grameen Communications.
Rahibul Islam, chairman of the 3rd Labour Court of Dhaka issued the warrant on Wednesday (October 9) for not responding to a court summon.
Three former employees of Grameen Communications on July 3 filed the case against Muhammad Yunus and two others for sacking them flouting a labor act.
The plaintiffs of the case are three junior MIS officers --Abdus Salam, Shah Alam, and Emranul Haque.
The two accused are Managing Director Naznin Sultana and Deputy General Manager Khandaker Abu Abedin.
Two of them appeared before the court, as they are supposed to stand before it today, and sought bail. The court granted them bail.
Lawyer of Muhammad Yunus told the court that Yunus who was abroad on business purpose, would appear before the court whenever he returned home. However, these grounds did not satisfy the court and an arrest warrant was issued.
