Dhaka, Feb. 5 -- Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) on Sunday filed a petition with the High Court Division of the Supreme Court challenging the Labour Appellate Tribunal order that stayed the conviction and sentence of Nobel laureate Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus and three others in a Labour Law violation case.

Tariqul Islam, Inspector of the DIFE, who investigated the case, submitted the criminal revision petition to the High Court through its lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan.

In the petition, he prayed to the apex court to pass an order to prevent Dr Yunus and three others from going abroad without permission from the court concerned until their appeals are disposed of by the Labour Appellate Tribunal, Advocate Khu...