Posts Tagged ‘Grameen Bank’
Ban Ki-moon arrives in Dhaka today
The United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, arrives in Dhaka this afternoon to discuss a wide ranged of issues relating to politics, economy and social affairs ahead of Bangladesh's general elections. Foreign affairs adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury will receive the UN chief at Zia International Airport at 5.30pm. Now on a four-nation Asia [...]
Nobel laureate Yunus unveils Bangladesh clean water deal
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus on Monday unveiled a deal between his pioneering Grameen bank and French group Veolia Environment to provide clean water to poor rural communities in Bangladesh. The Bangladeshi economist also sought support from President Nicolas Sarkozy for creating more microcredit schemes to fight poverty, particularly in [...]
Bengal micro credit company honoured by Forbes
KOLKATA: What started as a fledgling organisation five years ago at Konnagar in West Bengal has now bagged the honour (more...)
Success that takes society into account
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus founded a bank that has helped 7.5 million beggars and borrowers escape abject poverty in his native Bangladesh.Speaking to about 1800 people this week, he encouraged them to do what they could to change the world by using business techniques to solve everything from poverty to pollution. "We can create a [...]
