New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- DHAKA - The Nobel Peace Prize once gave Muhammad Yunus the world's most impenetrable shield. In August 2026, that shield is showing its cracks.

Multiple criminal allegations have been formally registered against the 85-year-old microfinance pioneer who led Bangladesh's interim administration for eighteen months after the 2024 ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, according to court filings made public this week. The most serious invokes Article 7A of the Bangladesh Constitution, a sedition provision that carries the maximum punishment of capital punishment.

The allegations span five distinct categories: constitutional violations under Article 7A for actions alleged to have subverted democratic order; abuse of aut...