Bangladesh court jails Nobel Peace Prize winner for violating labour laws

A labour court in Bangladesh has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus to six months in jail for violating the country’s labour laws (Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP)

A labour court in Bangladesh’s capital has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus to six months in jail for violating the country’s labour laws.

Yunus, who pioneered using microcredit to help impoverished people, was present at the hearing in Dhaka and was granted bail. The court gave the defence 30 days to appeal.