My dear colleagues:
For the past five months, we have all been in an extremely difficult situation. The reasons for this are well known to you all. The Supreme Court has given its verdict. On the basis of this verdict, the Board of Directors of Grameen Bank now has t...
May 12, 2011
Handing-over of the Charge of Managing Director
I am today relinquishing the post of Managing Director of Grameen Bank on the basis that the Deputy Managing Director Mrs. Nurjahan Begum would hold charge until a Managing Director is appointed in accordan...
By Professor Muhammad Yunus
Introduction to Social Business
The Birth of Microcredit
The concept of social business has its origin in microcredit, which grew out of my concern about the problems poor people faced in my country of Bangladesh.
Back in 1976, I failed...
There is no globally recognized logo for Human Rights so far. Germany, together with Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Chile, the Czech Republic, Mauritius, Indonesia, Senegal, Singapore and Uruguay started a competition to create a Human Rights Symbol, simply called "A L...
You have already heard the verdict from the Supreme Court.
Why have I appeared at the Court? Why did I want to contest the order of Bangladesh Bank? Why there is so much concern about this issue at home and abroad? These questions have created confusion among some peop...
We are the elected members of the 9th Board of Grameen Bank. We have been elected from the 8.3 million borrowers of Grameen Bank. We are the owners of 96.50 % of Grameen Bank. Under these circumstances, it is our responsibility to run the Bank.
Unfortunately, Banglades...
Grameen Bank's elected board members, borrowers, employees are deeply disappointed by the decision of the Highest Court. They are all worried about the future of the Bank. Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus is awaiting the instruction of the Board of Di...
We are glad to know that the Review Committee Report submitted to the Finance Ministry by the Bangladesh Bank on 25 April, 2011 does not contain any allegations of corruption and misuse of funds by Grameen Bank ("GB"), Professor Yunus or anyone working within Grameen Ba...
BY Munir Quddus
In recent days, much has been written on the benefits (or lack thereof) of microfinance (micro-credit). Some writers are economists and others simply interested in the subject who have based their opinions on research conducted by economists on microfin...
NEW YORK, April 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In an unprecedented theatrical event, audiences in theaters nationwide watched "To Catch a Dollar: Muhammad Yunus Banks on America" tonight, learning the story of the Nobel Laureate's unique and successful model of microfinance an...
