Bangladesh has once again set a new record by convicting a Nobel laureate for alleged violations of the country's law. The only other Nobel laureate punished after winning the prize is Myanmar’s dethroned leader Aung San Su Kyi, whose conviction was purely political and a consequence of a military takeover. There is a host of Nobel laureates who won this prestigious accolade while they were in prison. But imprisoning a Nobel laureate is an occurrence rarer than rare. Rather, in a recent incident, we saw the exoneration of Philippines' celebrated journalist Maria Ressa in a tax avoidance case after she won the award.  In Bangladesh’s case, it is ironic that the apprehension expressed by176 world leaders and Nobel laureates that Professor Yunus has been targeted with “continuous judicial harassment,” has become a reality over a period of  four months. The conviction of 83-year-old Nobel Laureate Dr Yunus and three of his colleagues, in many ways, sets a new example. The f...