DHAKA, Feb 24, 2011 (IPS) - Twenty-one years ago, Munni Akter and her husband Shafiuddin could hardly afford two meals a day.
The couple lived in Savar, some 35 km from here, and had no income. That is, until they turned to the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (B...
Thirteen eminent citizens of the country yesterday said that Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus is being harassed in various ways.
In a joint statement they said Yunus is facing malicious personal attacks for his position and hence being subject of different allegations.
T...
By Harun Ur Rashid
Ershad certainly deserves encomium for volunteering to defend Nobel Laureate Dr Mohammad Yunus against the all-too-obvious spite spewed against him by his grand alliance partners ever since the Norwegian TV aired some nasty comments about his Grame...
By Hossain Zillur Rahman
Once derided as a basket-case, Bangladesh now enjoys global attention for its economic resilience and social progress. Problems remain but the achievements speak for themselves. Gender parity has already been achieved in primary and secondary...
Some 56 years ago, Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus had been nominated for attending World Scouts Jamboree when he was a student of class X at Chittagong Collegiate School.
When asked why he wanted to join the jamboree, 15-year-old Yunus told the chief national commi...
Nobel laureate and Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus, who brought radical changes in the micro-credit area in his country by setting up the Grameen Bank, called for a separate regulatory mechanism for the Indian microfinance sector.
"It is not about more or less reg...
By Munir Quddus
Nearly four decades after gaining independence, as we celebrate victory against tyranny and oppression, Bangladeshis have much to celebrate. Among the many blessings we should appreciate as a people are the many fine civic leaders that the nation ...
An article by Peter Graves, titled "Credit where it's due - how microfinancing helps the poor", published in The Canberra Times on 02/19/2011.
You can download it here....
U.S. State Department official, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Geoffrey Pyatt accompanied by Ambassador James F. Moriarty came to visit Professor Yunus on 12th of February, 2011.
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By Nick Stace
Nobel Peace Prize winner Professor Muhammed Yunus is being investigated for alleged corruption by Bangladesh's government. Nick Stace defends the man who has helped millions of the world's poorest people.
A year ago, I along with other social enterpris...
