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| 2024 | Yunus played a key advisory role in the Paris 2024 Olympics, promoting social business principles and encouraging sustainable, socially responsible projects. |
| 2024 | His name was listed in The 500 Most Influential Muslims. |
| December 16 2024 | Yunus announced that general elections would be held in later 2025 or early 2026. |
| August 10 2024 | Yunus visited the home and family members of Abu Sayed, as well as injured student protesters in Rangpur Medical College. |
| August 8 2024 | Yunus took the oath as Chief Advisor of the interim government and subsequently visited injured people at Dhaka Medical College. |
| August 8 2024 | Yunus was appointed as Chief Adviser of the Interim Government of Bangladesh. |
| August 8 2024 | Began serving as Chief Adviser of the Interim Government of Bangladesh following the overthrow of Sheikh Hasina. |
| August 7 2024 | Muhammad Yunus was appointed as the transitional leader of the interim government by president Mohammed Shahabuddin. |
| August 7 2024 | On August 7, 2024, the court overturned Yunus's conviction for labor violations following an appeal, and he was acquitted in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission just four days later. |
| January 1 2024 | On January 1, 2024, a Bangladeshi court sentenced Yunus to a six-month prison term for labor law violations, but he was granted bail pending appeals. |
| October 2023 | Ford Foundation announced it would no longer provide grants to Alliance for Global Justice following allegations of terrorism ties, which were later proven false. |
| 2022 | 20 additional Disability Futures Fellows received awards from the Ford Foundation and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. |
| 2022 | Ford Foundation announced the sunsetting of its Fellowship Program after over four decades of supporting academic diversity. |
| 2022 | Yunus partnered with the Global Esports Federation as part of the Esports for Development (E4D) movement. |
| 2021 | Concluded service on the board of directors of the United Nations Foundation. |
| 2020 | The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation committed emergency response grants to BRAC and BRAC USA, totaling approximately US$600,000. |
| October 2020 | Ford Foundation partnered with the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to establish the Disability Future Fellowship, providing $50,000 annual awards to disabled writers, actors, and directors in creative arts performance. |
| June 2020 | Ford Foundation announced a plan to raise $1 billion through 30 and 50-year bonds to support nonprofits impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2019 | BRAC was recognized as the number one NGO in the world by NGO Advisor for the fifth consecutive year. |
| 2019 | According to the OECD, the Ford Foundation provides $194 million for development through its grant-making activities. |
| 2019 | Muhammad Yunus's brother Muhammad Jahangir passes away. |
| 2019 | His brother Muhammad Jahangir passed away. |
| February 2019 | Henry Ford III was elected to the Foundation's Board of Trustees, becoming the first Ford family member to serve on the board since his grandfather's resignation in 1976. |
| 2018 | BRAC was ranked as the number one NGO in the world by NGO Advisor. |
| 2018 | BRAC educated over one million children worldwide, with its schools representing three-quarters of all NGO non-formal primary schools in Bangladesh. |
| 2018 | Ford Foundation was ranked No. 24 on the Forbes World's Most Innovative Companies list, signaling a shift in its philanthropic approach towards innovative and sustainable change leadership. |
| 2018 | The Ford Foundation pledged to invest up to $1 billion of its $12.5 billion endowment over the next decade into mission-related investments (MRIs) that generate both financial and social returns. |
| 2018 | Yunus completed his term as Chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University. |
| 2017 | BRAC was again ranked as the number one NGO in the world by NGO Advisor. |
| 2016 | BRAC was named the number one NGO in the world by NGO Advisor. |
| 2016 | Following the Rohingya genocide from 2016 to 2017, Yunus called on Myanmar to end the violence against Rohingya Muslims. |
| March 2016 | United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Yunus to the High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth, which was co-chaired by presidents François Hollande and Jacob Zuma. |
| 2014 | The Ford Foundation reports assets of $12.4 billion and approves $507.9 million in grants for the fiscal year. |
| 2013 | In 2013, Yunus faced a second trial for allegedly receiving earnings without necessary government permission, including from his Nobel Peace Prize and book royalties. |
| 2013 | Muhammad Yunus faced a state-backed smear campaign that accused him of being un-Islamic and promoting homosexuality after signing a joint statement criticizing the prosecution of gay people in Uganda in 2012. |
| November 7 2013 | On November 7, 2013, Vikas Bajaj reported that the Bangladeshi government passed a law effectively nationalizing Grameen Bank, transferring control from the 8.4 million rural women who owned most of its shares. |
| October 4 2013 | The cabinet of Bangladesh approved a draft of a new law that would give the central bank greater control over Grameen Bank, marking a significant escalation in the long-standing dispute over the bank's governance. |
| 2012 | The Department for International Development (DFID) from the UK, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), and the Australian government joined as BRAC donors under a strategic partnership arrangement. |
| 2012 | The foundation transferred its archives from New York City to the Rockefeller Archive Center in Sleepy Hollow, New York. |
| 2012 | Yunus signed a joint statement with three other Nobel laureates criticising the prosecution of gay people in Uganda. |
| 2012 | Yunus became Chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland. |
| August 2 2012 | Sheikh Hasina approved a draft of the 'Grameen Bank Ordinance 2012' which aimed to increase government control over Grameen Bank and ordered a fresh investigation into Muhammad Yunus's activities as the bank's managing director. |
| March 2012 | Named by Fortune Magazine as one of 12 greatest entrepreneurs of the current era. |
| 2011 | Right-wing Israeli politicians and organizations like NGO Monitor and Im Tirtzu claimed that NIF and other Ford Foundation grant recipients were supporting the delegitimization of Israel. |
| 2011 | The documentary 'Bonsai People – The Vision of Muhammad Yunus' directed by Holly Mosher was released, highlighting the life and contributions of Muhammad Yunus. |
| March 2011 | The Bangladeshi government launched a three-month investigation of all Grameen Bank's activities, which prevented Muhammad Yunus from participating in the World Economic Forum. |
| March 15 2011 | The Bangladesh Supreme Court heard Yunus's appeal against the High Court's verdict, which had upheld his removal from Grameen, and the full bench of the Appellate Division, led by Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque, upheld the government's decision. |
| March 8 2011 | The Bangladesh High Court confirmed Yunus's dismissal from Grameen Bank. |
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