Get united, keep GB functional: Yunus to its directors
Dhaka, June 28 (UNB) – Worried about the future of Grameen Bank he established over three decades back, Nobel Peace Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday urged its directors to get united to keep the microcredit bank afloat.
“The ownership of Grameen Bank is at stake now…What’s happening in Grameen Bank? Make sure this bank remains to you,” he said while addressing the opening session of the third annual Social Business Day at Gonoshasthaya Kendro at Saver in the morning.
Yunus Centre organised the Social Business Day, aiming to transform society through social business.
Expressing his grave concern about the future of the bank, Prof Yunus, “It’s not only my concern…everybody is concerned about its future.”
He said Grameen Bank is such an institution in the world that belongs to the poor women, and a huge number of rural women are being benefited from the bank.
Appreciating the directors of Grameen Bank, the Nobel Laureate said, “Only your (directors) united voice can help keep it operational.”
During her visit to Dhaka on May 6, Hilary Clinton also said the US does not want to see any government action that might undermine the functioning of Grameen Bank.
“Undermining the bank by any government is unexpected…We don’t want to see any action, which undermines the functioning of Grameen Bank,” she told a function in the capital.
She said the bank is playing an instrumental role in the country where millions of poor women are depending on it.
Set up in 1983 by Dr Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank provides microcredit the poor women to help them get self-reliant and thus remove their poverty.
Dr Yunus and Grameen Bank received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 in recognisation of their contributions towards cutting poverty.
“The ownership of Grameen Bank is at stake now…What’s happening in Grameen Bank? Make sure this bank remains to you,” he said while addressing the opening session of the third annual Social Business Day at Gonoshasthaya Kendro at Saver in the morning.
Yunus Centre organised the Social Business Day, aiming to transform society through social business.
Expressing his grave concern about the future of the bank, Prof Yunus, “It’s not only my concern…everybody is concerned about its future.”
He said Grameen Bank is such an institution in the world that belongs to the poor women, and a huge number of rural women are being benefited from the bank.
Appreciating the directors of Grameen Bank, the Nobel Laureate said, “Only your (directors) united voice can help keep it operational.”
During her visit to Dhaka on May 6, Hilary Clinton also said the US does not want to see any government action that might undermine the functioning of Grameen Bank.
“Undermining the bank by any government is unexpected…We don’t want to see any action, which undermines the functioning of Grameen Bank,” she told a function in the capital.
She said the bank is playing an instrumental role in the country where millions of poor women are depending on it.
Set up in 1983 by Dr Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank provides microcredit the poor women to help them get self-reliant and thus remove their poverty.
Dr Yunus and Grameen Bank received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 in recognisation of their contributions towards cutting poverty.
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