SWITZERLAND
Awarded Aga Khan Award For Architecture, 1989 by Geneva based Aga Khan Foundation for designing and operating Grameen Bank Housing Programme for the poor, which helped poor members of Grameen Bank to construct 60,000 housing units by 1989, each costing on an average $ 300.

BELGIUM
Awarded "The King Baudouin International Development Prize 1992" for its recognition of the role of women in the process of development and the novelty of a financial credit system contributing to the improvement of the social and material condition of women and their families in rural areas.

BANGLADESH
Awarded Independence Day Award for outstanding contribution to Rural Development.

MALAYSIA
Awarded the Independence Day Award, 1987, by the President for the outstanding contribution in rural development. This is the highest civilian national award of Bangladesh.

UNITED KINGDOM
Awarded "World Habitat Award : 1997" by Building and Social Housing Foundation.