Bangladesh court overturns Yunus' conviction in labour law case, lawyer says


FILE PHOTO: Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus speaks at the Trust Women conference in London November 19, 2014. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett/File Photo

DHAKA (Reuters) - A court in Bangladesh overturned on Wednesday the conviction of Muhammad Yunus, the head of the country's interim government, in a case relating to labour law violations, the lawyer of the Nobel laureate said.

Yunus was out on bail after being handed a 6-month jail sentence in January for failing to create a welfare fund for employees of Grameen Telecom, a company he founded.

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