Nobel Laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus
Nobel laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus. Dr. Muhammad Yunus. thc first Bangladeshi earns s.preme dig.ily for the nalion by winning thC Nobel Peace Pnu or 2DDb Dr Yunus and his (homcen Bank joindy win the .vorid's most ptestigious award for their conuibuuon ro ixwerty alicviauan m the camtry and other nations across the world.The whole naion hursis inu) extreme joy when the Nonvcgian Nahtl CommirW declares Dr Ym,us and his Grarxen Bank winne,s of the Nobel Peace Pme on Oc:toltr 13 hs the most glo,ious and .igniticam evenL in the history of Bangludcsh after indepeDdcJK. in 197l D. Yunus has brightened The image or kk country by winning the Nobel Prize. Bangladesh. 1hrough this highesl award. has been placed in such a positimi ihat it will b: ever rcspeaed by the worid from now on.
Dr Yunus. who is .allel 'banker to 1he poor'. cha.ges (he lot of the rural poor people. pmicularly women. providi.g them wilb micm-creM ThC aim of his rmcroredir concey is ro make the poor peopic self-reliam and ihus improving Lhcir s.audad of li.ing He strongly believes that pea.e and banquility in the society is only possible w people "ilibe freed from the clutch of poverty.
His Gsameen Bank is playing vital role in Chis regard The bank is pro,iding small loans to tbS deprwed section of rhe pmple With the loan mo.ey. poor people are gerri.g invoNed rn some producti,e aciwirics such as pouluy famung, cows-g.ais ing tend fish CLiti.ati0" Lots of rural people. who once lived in utter poverLy. ha.e changed iheir lot by t'king mall loans from Granxen Bank Born in 1940 in Chirtugm D, Yunus obiaed kus BA md MA from Dhaku UnivemilY He did PhD in cco"omics from Vknderbik University
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