DHAKA -- Muhammad Yunus won acclaim overseas for his pioneering work in microcredit. But at home in Bangladesh, the country's ruler Sheikh Hasina saw the Nobel Peace Prize-winning economist as a political threat to be contained.
Just two months ago, Yunus was fighting for his legacy after being indicted on what many see as a long history of trumped-up charges. Now the 84-year-old is leading a caretaker government while his old nemesis Hasina has fled the country.