I have been deeply touched by the public response in support of Grameen Bank and me over the past few months. I express my gratitude and thanks to my friends worldwide for their strong and tireless support during this trying time.
Professor Muhammad YunusManaging Dir...
The Chairman of Grameen Bank has told the press today that the Central Bank has removed Professor Muhammad Yunus as Managing Director of Grameen Bank. This is a legal issue. The Hon'ble Finance Minister has himself stated yesterday that it is a legal issue. Grameen Bank...
From February 14th to February 19th, a team from the Yunus Centre visited the small island nation of Timor-Leste to explore the possibility of introducing a family of social businesses. The United Nations Development Program, who hosted the trip for the Yunus Centre re...
By Chaklader Mahboob-ul Alam
I still remember the day when I met Professor Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank for the first time. It was, I think, in 1998. He came to give a lecture at the University of Madrid, Spain. The huge conference room of the Medical ...
The University of Florence visited the Yunus Centre in September and began creating a social business centre at the University. Then in January, a memorandum of understanding was signed, making official the partnership between the University of Florence and the Yunus Ce...
By Fakhruddin Ahmed
There was a time, not so long ago, when Bangladesh's name was synonymous with disasters. The calamities were either natural (cyclones or floods), or manmade (political assassinations or coup de tats).
Former American Secretary of State, Dr. Henry K...
Twelve distinguished personalities in a statement here yesterday said some quarters are expressing and publishing opinions and news about Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus, which do not focus the truth.
They said that it seems the quarter is out to damage the image of...
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...
