Professor Muhammad Yunus, the father of microcredit, ... with Shams-il Arefin Islam, who worked for The Yunus Center, right. Shams-il Arefin Islam. It is a modest yet worthy ...

Muhammad Yunus may not be a big man, but he still manages to fill a room. He certainly did when I sat down with him to discuss microfinance: his take on the traditional banking system, his ...

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Congress honored professor Muhammad Yunus last week with America’s highest civilian award, the Congressional Gold Medal, for his efforts to eliminate poverty worldwide. Yunus accepted the award ...

Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus joins Worldview to discuss his latest book, “A World of Three Zeros: The New Economics of Zero Poverty, Zero Unemployment, and Zero Net Carbon Emissions ...

Bangladesh is in the midst of political upheaval after PM Sheikh Hasina's dramatic ejection from power. Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, is now set to head an interim government.

Muhammad Yunus talked about his book, A World of Three Zeros, about how to solve the problems of global poverty, unemployment… April 23, 2012 Nobel Peace Laureates on Investing in Peace ...

He could not immediately be reached for comment, but key student leader Nahid Islam asserted that Yunus agreed to step in during a discussion with them. The 83-year-old is a well-known critic and ...

Professor Muhammad Yunus is gesturing in front of the court after being sentenced to six months of imprisonment in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on January 1, 2024. Kazi Salahuddin Razu/NurPhoto via Getty Images ...