Analysing the available documents, it is very clear that it was the government, through one of its agencies, that filed the case against Dr Yunus.

Surely, the manner of Yunus’s sentencing does not add to the broader investor confidence in Bangladesh, and the data points already are not promising.

With each new term of the ruling regime, and each new provision or law, we have learnt a bit more of self-censorship.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus is a national asset, but he has been punished for his criminal activities

Human rights defenders have rightly expressed concerns about his conviction