As part of their spring-semester co-op with Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, Northeastern University students Kelly Ward and Sarah Hodsdon were anticipating their meeting with Nobel Peace Prize-winner Muhammad Yunus, the bank's founder and international micro-finance pioneer...
February 4, 2006
By Professor Muhammad Yunus
Happy Birthday to the Daily Star!
This is a great occasion to celebrate. Pages of the Daily Star have documented fifteen years of history Bangladesh history. For Bangladeshis this is a period to be proud of. Fifteen years ...
Nobel Peace Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus met with European Commission President José Manuel Barroso at his office in Strasbourg on July 6, 2011. They discussed the role of EU in promoting microcredit and social business around the world. Professor Yunus thanked ...
2006 Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus met with the European Parliament President, Jerzy Buzek on 6th of July 2011. After the meeting, President Buzek made the following statement:
"Microcredit should be supported around the world.
The meeting with Professer Yu...
Statement by President Barroso after his meeting with Professor Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner
After his meeting with 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner Professor Muhammad Yunus, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso made the following statemen...
Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Price in 2006 and promoter of microcredit in a new book defends the idea of more humane economy(1). In it, Professor Yunus explains the basics of the message.
How important to the world is what you call social business?
The social economy i...
Nearly one week after the world celebrated the Social Business Day, the Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD) and Yunus Centre together with the Social Welfare Club and the Sustainable Development Club of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB), hosted on...
By Deepika Gunasekera
The above headline describes great management guru Stephen Covey's 8th habit in his book "From Effectiveness to Greatness". The best example that Stephen has quoted which teaches the 8th habit is the concept of Grameen Banking in Bangladesh founde...
June 27th, 2011, was Professor Yunus's Birthday, Social Business Day, and YouChange June Family Day. The events were hosted by YouChange Foundation, and were assisted by YouChange PuRong. It was held in the Old Town Rose Restaurant, south of Capital Mansion in Beijing. ...
An agreement has been signed between Social Business Earth and Yunus Centre. With this agreement, Yunus Centre recognizes SBE as an organization that will conduct research into social business and find solutions for them by starting social businesses. SBE will also prom...
