Bangladesh court indicts Nobel laureate on charges of embezzlement

Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 (AP)

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and 13 others have been indicted at a court in Bangladesh on charges in a two million dollar-plus (£1.57 million) embezzlement case.

Yunus, 83, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for pioneering microcredit to help impoverished people, especially women, pleaded not guilty and has been released on bail.