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জাতি সংঘের নতুন মহাসচিব অ্যান্টোনিও গুতেরেসের সাথে প্রফেসর ইউনূসের বৈঠক
ইউনূস সেন্টার প্রেস রিলিজ (দাভোস, ২২ জানুয়ারী, ২০১৭): সুইজারল্যান্ডের দাভোসে অনু্িষ্ঠত বিশ্ব অর্থনৈতিক ফোরামের পাশাপাশি জাতি সংঘের টেকসই উন্নয়ন লক্ষ্যের সমর্থকদের (অ্যাডভোকেট) একটি বি...
YUNUS MEETS NEW UN SECRETARY GENERAL ANTONIO GUTERRES
Yunus Centre Press Release (Davos, January 22 ,2017): Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus was invited to a specially organised meeting of the UN SDG Advocates in Davos on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum to meet the new UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. The meeting was attended by the SDG Advocates who were present at the WEF in Davos. They included Prime Minister Erna Solberg of Norway, Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever and Ambassador Dh...
xyz জাপান অটোমেকানিক সামাজিক ব্যবসা জয়েন্ট ভেঞ্চার থেকে গ্রামীণ ঋণীদের সন্তানদের ১ম ব্যাচের গ্র্যাজুয়েশন
ইউনূস সেন্টার প্রেস রিলিজ (২৪ ডিসেম্বর ২০১৬ ): গত ২২ ডিসেম্বর ২০১৬ বৃহস্পতিবার জাপান অটোমেকানিক ট্রেনিং স্কুলের সর্ব প্রথম ব্যাচের ১০ জন ছাত্রের গ্র্যাজুয়েশন অনুষ্ঠান সম্পন্ন হলো। এর...
First Batch Graduates from Japan-Auto Mechanic : Social Business Joint-venture Trains Children of Grameen Borrowers
Yunus Centre Press Release (December 24, 2016): First ever graduation ceremony was held on Thursday, December 22nd, 2016 at Japan Automechanic School with 10 students graduating who are all children of Grameen Bank borrowers. Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus presided over the graduation ceremony. Mr Hirao Tsuneaki, Managing Director and Mr Duncan Powers, General Manager of the School were present at the graduation ceremony. The School commenced operatio...
Astronaut Ron to Address Social Business Day
Yunus Centre Press Release (June 25, 2012): The 3rd Annual Social Business Day will be held on June 28, 2012 this year at Gonoshasthaya Kendra, Savar. On this day, the global social business community celebrates the social business concept pioneered by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus.The first celebration of this day took place on 28 June 2010 in Dhaka, with parallel programs in Germany, USA, Japan, UK, France and Italy. The Day will be celebrated in more countr...
Professor Muhammad Yunus in Nepal: Nepal’s Interest in Social Business Deepens Inbox x
Yunus Centre Press Release (25 December 2012): On second day of Professor Yunus visit the Himalayan country, he gave the key note speech at the opening of the Confederation of Nepalese Industries on 22 December. The Chief Guest at the event was Prime Minister of Nepal Dr Baburam Bhattarai, which was attended by Former Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa, current and former ministers and all of the top business people of Nepal. He urged the business people o...
Grameen micro-lending comes to Scotland with help of Tesco Bank
Yunus Centre Press Release (25 October 2012): The Grameen micro-lending system, which has helped lift millions of people out of poverty worldwide, is to be launched in Scotland early next year with the aid of Tesco Bank and other major supporters. Tesco Bank will provide half a million pounds of the loan capital for what will be Grameen’s first venture in the UK. The supermarket bank will also offer savings facilities and business support for aspiring entrepreneurs who wi...
Yunus promotes Altanta as City of Peace
Yunus Centre Press Release (29 September 2014): Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus was in Atlanta, Georgia from September 27-29, 2014 to lead and participate in the preparatory Gala for World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates 2015 announcing that Atlanta will host the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in 2015. President Jimmy Carter and Professor Yunus are the co-hosts and CNN Founder Ted Turner is the Honorary Chair for the Atlanta Summit. The gala on 28 Septembe...
Six New Social Business projects approved for investment at the 34th Design Lab
Yunus Centre Press Release (27 October 2014): The 34th Social Business Design Lab took place on 27 October 2014 at the Grameen Bank Bhaban. Hundred and four participants and observers from national and international organizations including Larry Reed CEO of the Microcredit Summit Campaign, Washington DC, a high level team from Medtronics, USA, JICA from Japan, Coders Trust, Denmark and FAO attended the event. There were also students from Malaysia, Japan, China, Denmark and India at the...
Professor Yunus At The MDG Advocacy Group Meeting At The UN Headquarters
Press Release Yunus Centre (23rd September, 2010): Secretary General Bank Ki- Moon convened the second meeting on 22nd September of MDG Advocacy Group at the UN Head Quarters. Representatives of various countries and the media were invited to the meeting. First Lady of Qatar, Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser and Nobel Laureate Professor Yunus were invited to address the gathering to outline the role of the MDG Advocacy Group towards achieving the UN Millenium Development Goals. Secretary Gener...
Professor Yunus Receives Peru's Highest National Honour " Order of the Sun
Yunus Centre Press Release (30th September, 2010): Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus was honoured by President Alan Garcia of Peru with the country's highest national honour, Order of the Sun in the Grade of Grand Cross at a majestic ceremony at the Ambassadors’ Room of the two century old Presidential Palace, Torre Tagle Palace, in Lima yesterday. President Alan Garcia, put on the Gold Medal and the Grand Ribbon on Professor Yunus in the award ceremony attended by former Pr...
Grameen's Social Business Joint Venture With Japanese Agro-Company
Yunus Centre Press Release (13th October, 2010): Japan's leading agro-company Yukiguni Maitake Co. (YMC), Ltd today signed a joint venture agreement with Grameen Krishi Foundation (GKF) for establishing a new social business in the field of agriculture. The joint venture aims to produce high quality mung beans in Bangladesh for both domestic consumption and export to Japan. Professor Muhammad Yunus, Chairman of GKF, and Mr. Yoshinobu Odaira, President of YMC, signed the agreement d...
Yunus addresses Olympic Committee in Rio
Yunus Centre Press Release (August 3, 2016): Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus addressed the 129thSession of the International Olympic Committee on the morning of August 3 at the Oceanico Convention Centre in Rio de Janeiro. He spoke on the theme of the potential of social business, the Olympics and sports to work together to solve social problems, particularly bring opportunities to help those who are excluded from the global economic system. The session was...
রিও-তে অলিম্পিক কমিটির উদ্দেশ্যে বক্তৃতা দিলেন প্রফেসর ইউনূস
নোবেল শান্তি পুরস্কার জয়ী প্রফেসর মুহাম্মদ ইউনূস ৩ আগষ্ট ২০১৬ রিও ডি জেনিরোর ওশেনিকো কনভেনশন সেন্টারে আন্তর্জাতিক অলিম্পিক কমিটির ১২৯তম সেশনে ভাষণ দিলেন। তাঁর বক্তব্যে প্রফেসর ইউনূস ...
Professor Muhammad Yunus, issuing a statement on the barbarity of the terrorist attack on innocent people in Dhaka on July 1 evening.
Yunus Centre Press Release (July 2, 2016): I am shocked by the barbarity of the terrorist attack on innocent people in Dhaka on July 1 evening. I express my heartfelt condolences to those, far and near, who have lost their loved ones. and wish their souls to rest in peace. I cannot think of such attacks taking place in Bangladesh. I always believed Bangladesh to be a tolerant liberal country. We must do soul searching on how this breeding of violence began in our country...