By Ameerah Haq
I have served in the United Nations for over three decades. In the course of my various assignments and travels in many nations, I have found that Bangladesh is synonymous with Grameen Bank, Prof. Yunus and Sir Fazle Abed. The awarding of the Nobel Peace...
We are writing in support of the phenomenal work that Dr. Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank have been undertaking in the field of poverty alleviation and women's economic empowerment in Bangladesh. Dr. Yunus and Grameen Bank are today global icons and torchbearers for...
While the Nobel Prize was established in 1895, and the first Nobel Prize for Peace in 1901, even the Norwegian Nobel Committee would not have thought that by bestowing this prize on Professor Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank in 2006, they are about to impact the lives of...
Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday said a line must be drawn between microcredit and non-microcredit organisations to tell apart the society-orientated operations from the money making ones.
"We introduced the microcredit system so that the poor can get rid o...
Bangladesh Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus is perhaps facing one of the worst crises in his professional life. The central bank of that country has ousted the founder and managing director of Grameen Bank on the ground that he has exceeded the official retirement age of 6...
By Shamima Amin-Methu
The 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Prof. Yunus, is like a rare gem. This rare gem should be displayed in the National Museum as a treasured showpiece; instead, some people in Bangladesh are trying to break the gem into pieces to verify its purity....
By Tahmima Anam
It is winter and Dhaka is full of lights. Shaheed Minar, the memorial commemorating the Language Movement that led to the independence of Bangladesh, glows a bright orange. In the posh neighbourhoods of Gulshan and Baridhara, entire apartment buildings ...
SOROCOBA (Brésil), 18 mars 2011 (AFP) - Quand on évoque l'économie brésilienne, on compte en milliards de dollars pour montrer la bonne santé et le potentiel de ce vaste pays latino-américain de 193 millions d'habitants.Mais Alessandra França a prou...
Some freedom fighters expressed disappointment over the removal of Prof Muhammad Yunus from Grameen Bank and demanded a peaceful and honourable transfer.
In a statement sent here yesterday, they said, "We the undersigned freedom fighters are totally disheartened and th...
By Ikhtiar Kazi
First published in http://opinion.bdnews24.com
Like many other concerned citizens of the world, I was stunned by the news that Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus has been sacked by the government of Bangladesh, from his position of managing director (Head) ...
