The Labour Appellate Tribunal in Dhaka on Tuesday extended until May 23 the tenure of the bail for Nobel laureate professor Muhammad Yunus and his three Grameen Telecom colleagues who are all facing six months jail terms for violating the labour law.
The tribunal鈥檚 acting chairman MA Awal extended the bail after Yunus, also the Grameen Telecom chairman, and the company鈥檚 managing director Ashraful Hassan and its directors M Shahjahan and Nurjahan Begum appeared before it seeking their bail until the tribunal disposes of their appeals against the labour court verdict jailing them for six months.
The labour court, however, granted them ad-interim bail on the condition that the convicts would appeal against the verdict.
The tribunal also set May 23 for hearing the appeal.聽
It also allowed Nurjahan Begum to travel to Singapore.
Yunus, who has been facing more than 170 cases, was sentenced to six months in jail by the Third Dhaka Labour Court on January 1 along with three others in a case filed by the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments on September 9, 2021 for violating labour law by Grameen Telecom Company.
Yunus and the other convicts appealed with the Labour Appellate Tribunal challenging the verdict on January 28 and the tribunal granted them bail for one month.
