Friday, August 1, 2008

The Hindu

Dhaka (PTI): Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi arrived in Dhaka on Friday on a five-day visit to get a first-hand knowledge of rural development projects being run by the Grameen Bank of Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus.

Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, Chairman of Grameen Bank, was in attendance at the 2008 Asia-Pacific Regional Microcredit Summit held on July 28-30.

Felix Salmon, www.portfolio.com,

Aug 5 2008

The Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee Professor Ole Danbolt Mjøs and Ms Bente Erichsen Director of the Nobel Peace Center are due to arrive in Dhaka on 15 July 2008 for the inauguration of the Exhibition on the Nobel Peace Prize in Bangladesh.

http://www.nextbillion.net
July 17, 2008

Inside a private conference room at Microsoft, top executives leaned around the table, eyes and ears fixed on a small, soft-spoken visitor from Bangladesh. He might not be recognized on the street, but to people dreaming up the next great idea to change the world, Muhammad Yunus is a rock star.

Vancouver Sun
March 15, 2008 by Don Cayo

It's a shop-worn cliché at best -- the white man trekking off to distant corners of the world to enlighten or enrich. The rich world's better aid and development agencies well know the best help is often to be found far from head office, and the best ideas are apt to come from staffs who are plugged into the places and the cultures where they work.

http://www.grameen-info.com
London, April 21, 2008

During a meeting at 10 Downing Street with Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus highlighted the extreme difficulties created on the poor by the global rise in prices of essential food items. Professor Yunus proposed a global initiative to redress the immediate pressure.