Social business campaigners and experts from 15 countries joined Prof Muhammad Yunus in Dhaka on Tuesday to mark Social Business Day for the second time, sharing experiences of the fast-spreading movement and seeding the new economic idea among students and young entrep...
The 2nd annual Social Business Day events were held on June 28, at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka. Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus opened the event that was attended by over 500 national and international guests. Participants from 15 countries came to ...
Twelve of the world's leading voices for global progress and change gathered last week for the United Nations Foundation Board of Directors meeting in Norway. The semi-annual meeting, presided over by UN Foundation Founder and Chairman Ted Turner, took place on June 19-...
An agreement has been signed between Grameen Telecom Trust and IHS Alliance for Fibreglass to start a social business called Grameen Fibreglass Ltd.This social business will produce biogas tanks, fibreglass roofs, which can also be used as boats when necessary as well a...
Social Business Day 2011 will feature 19 organizations that will take part in the event. These organizations will have stalls on the day, featuring their products, services and solutions. A list of the participating organizations is given below.
Yunus Centre
Ban...
Bonsai People – Unleashing the power of the free market to eliminate poverty, hunger, and inequality. Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus did his part to fight poverty by micro-lending $27 to 42 women, an effort which has now grown to 8 million women and 8 bi...
Board Meeting in Norway Focuses on New Ways to Help the UN Improve Livelihoods in Africa, Bolster Women's and Children's Health, and Combat Climate Change
Twelve of the world's leading voices for global progress and change are gathering this week for the United Nations...
By Abdullah Shibli
Last Spring, I co-taught a multi-disciplinary course with my wife, a social worker, at the Bridgewater State University on the socio-economics of Bangladesh. One of the topics we covered was "Poverty and Measures to Remove Poverty," and we proudly me...
As a follow up of Professor Muhammad Yunus's meeting with President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil, Ambassador Maria Edileuza Fontenele Reis, Under-Secretary General of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations, paid a visit to Yunus Centre yesterday at Mirpur and met with...
By Celeste Tholen Rosenlof, Deseret News
Deseret News associate editorial page editor and columnist Jay Evensen has won the Cameron Duncan award and will accept it at a June 19 banquet in Washington, D.C.
The award recognizes a journalist each year who has brought awa...
