Bangladesh's Younus appeals against removal from Grameen Bank

Dhaka: Nobel laureate Mohammad Younus filed an appeal on Wednesday against a High Court verdict upholding his removal from microlender Grameen Bank, his lawyers said.

The Supreme Court was likely to hear the appeal later in the day.

The High Court on Tuesday upheld an order removing Younus as head of the bank, a move his allies ay was prompted by a government vendetta.

Younus, 70, had been removed as head of the bank on the grounds that he had stayed on past the legal retirement age of 60.