BANGI, 15 July 2011 - Nobel Laureate, Prof Muhammad Yunus has described UKM's decision to name him its Laureate-in-Residence as very special as it was the first time he had received such a designation.
Speaking at his inaugural lecture in the UKM campus here today he s...
February 4, 2006
By Professor Muhammad Yunus
Happy Birthday to the Daily Star!
This is a great occasion to celebrate. Pages of the Daily Star have documented fifteen years of history Bangladesh history. For Bangladeshis this is a period to be proud of. Fifteen years ...
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...
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...
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) ...
By Munir Quddus
The unseemly manner in which the current government of Bangladesh has sought to remove Professor Yunus from his position as head of the Grameen Bank is a sad spectacle. It seems the government, for reasons one can only guess, is determined to destroy wo...
By M Shahidul Islam
Following the removal of its founder Muhammad Yunus from the Grameen Bank, growing concerns about the future of the bank are prompting some depositors to withdraw their savings. Indeed many analysts and industry experts cautioned that a sudden exit ...
By Katherine Esty
"There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things."
- Niccolo Machiavelli The Prince (1532)
I first met Muhammad Yun...
By Rehman Sobhan
The measure of a leader is the ability to transform a perceived adversary into an ally. The measure of a statesman is a leader who can join hands with an adversary in building a better tomorrow for the generations to come.
The Bangladesh Bank's notice...
By Abdul Hannan Chowdhury
In the rapidly changing business world, many concepts emerge, evolve and decline at pace faster than their own evolution. This has led to the development of innumerable business jargons whose rate of awareness and acceptance varies from coun...
