Social Business
Bangladesh’s Telephone Lady Programme Found Place at National Museum of Scotland
Yunus Centre Press Release Dhaka, 21 July 2016National Museum of Scotland located in the city of Edinburg, Scotland has opened ten new galleries in 2016 and one of them is on “Telephone Lady” of Bangladesh. The exhibition was officially launched on July 08, 2016 under the Science and Technology gallery. National Museum of Scotland reached out to Grameen Telecom in February, 2015 with their interest in Village Phone. Grameen Telecom sent case studies, newsletters, guide book a...
Social Business Youth Summit 2016 Register Now
Social Business Youth Summit is a leading youth forum organised by SBYA Global where youth across borders interacts with the most intrigued and knowledgeable personals of Social Business. This summit visualises all communities of the society specially the people who are contributing in bringing the changes or are in pursuit of development by all good means.Students, Entrepreneurs, Academicians,Working professionals, Activists, CSR practitioners,NGO representatives and any other in...
Statement from Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus on terrorist attack on innocent people in Dhaka on July 1 evening.
Yunus Centre Press Release 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. We want to create a society peacefull...
Postponement / Cancellation of 7th Social Business Day
ANNOUNCEMENT: With a very heavy heart we announce the postponement/cancellation of the upcoming Social Business Day which was to be held on July 28-29. We also postpone/cancel the Pre-Meeting of Social Business Academia Conference which was scheduled to take place on July 30. The reason for all this postponement/cancellation is the barbaric attack and killing by a terrorist group of 20 hostages, mostly foreigners, in a restaurant in Dhaka. This attack has highlighted the focus of the terro...
Yunus Portrait Unveiled at Glasgow
Yunus Centre Press Release (30 june 2016)Glasgow, 30 June 2016Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, who has just turned 76, addressed members of the prestigious Royal Society of Edinburgh. Royal Society of Edinburgh is a prestigious society of top academics of Scotland established in 1783. The society members or fellows, of which there are currently around 1600, includes academics from a wide range of disciplines - science & technology, arts, humanities, social science, business and publi...
President Aliyev of Azerbaijan Receives Muhammad Yunus
Yunus Centre Press Release (june 21, 2016)President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev received Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus at this Palace on Saturday 18 June 2016, on the very first day of Professor Yunus' three day visit to the country. Professor Yunus briefed the President about the recent developments in social business across the world. President Aliyev lauded the contribution of Professor Yunus in alleviating poverty, and discussed specifically what role social business co...
Yunus Inspires US Youth to Entrepreneurship
Yunus Centre Press Release (12 June, 2016)SAN DIEGO, USA 12th June 2016: Nobel Peace Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus has urged American graduates at University of California at San Diego to use their innate creative power to do more than just getting a job. He said this while talking to them as the the keynote speaker at the all-university commencement (convocation) ceremony at UC San Diego on Saturday, 11 June 2016. He told more than 10,000 graduates, present at the commencement, that r...
Businesses by New Entrepreneurs Cross 5000 Mark at the 262nd Social Business Design Lab
Yunus Centre Press Release (May 30, 2016) The 262nd Social Business Design Lab organized by Yunus Centre witnessed the reaching of the milestone of 5000 Nobin Udyokta (New Entrepreneurs) on 30 May 2016 at Yunus Centre. Among the four organizations investing in the Nobin Udyokta projects, Grameen Telecom Trust (GTT) has crossed investment in 2,000 Nobin Udyokta projects today.More than 120 participants from around the world coming from diverse background attended today's Design Lab inc...
Professor Yunus addresses Conference of Top Business Leaders of Canada
Yunus Centre Press Release: May 27 2016Montreal, 26 May, 2016Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus was a keynote speaker at the C2 MTL a leading business and creativity conference held annually in the city of Montreal in Quebec. He challenged the audience of 3,500 business people to try to take individual action to change the world, and to define a clear destination to do that. He urged business leaders to devote themselves in creating a new civilization based on human values of caring and sha...
Professor Yunus Delivers Commencement Speech at Babson College, USA
Yunus Centre Press Release (15 May, 2016)Nobel Peace Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus was the commencement speaker for the graduating class of 2016 at the prestigious Babson College of Wellesley, Massachusetts USA on 14th May 2016. Around 5,000 audience were present at the commencement(convocation) ceremony of the 100 year old business school. Professor Yunus talked about limitless creativity of young people and urged the young graduates to use this capacity to solve all human problems. He...
FAO-Nobel Peace Laureate Alliance for Zero Hunger Announced FAO Headquaters
Yunus Centre Press Release (12 May 2016)May 11, FAO, Rome, Italy The FAO-Nobel Laureates Alliance for food security and peace was launched at the headquarters of the FAO in Rome on 11 May 2016. Five Nobel Peace Laureates and Director General FAO Jose Graziano signed a declaration of the Alliance in an elaborate ceremony in the presence of the ambassadors of member countries at the FAO headquarters in Rome. Director General of FAO discussed the concept of this Alliance with Nobel Laureat...
FAO Holds Conference in Rome to Promote Social Business
Yunus Centre Press Release (11 May 2016)May 10, Rome, Italy: Professor Yunus was the chief guest at a special event organized by FAO on 'Social Business for Zero Hunger'. The event was organized by Director General of FAO to bring together the top executives of food industry to discuss the role social business can play to achieve zero hunger. The event was addressed by Director General of FAO Jose Graziano who highlighted the role of social business in achieving zero hunger. Nobel Laureate Prof...
Yunus receives honorary citizenship in historic Italian city of Pistoia
Yunus Centre Press Release (10 May, 2016)Pistoia, Italy 10 May: Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus was conferred honorary citizenship of Pistoia by the Mayor of the nearly 1000 year old Tuscan city. The ceremony took place in the Town Hall which was built in 1200 on the morning of May 10. The event was attended by 300 dignitaries of Pistoia including government officials, business leaders, head of foundations, university representatives, and social entrepreneurs. The Mayor in his speech s...
Professor Muhammad Yunus Unveils New Book on Social Business
Yunus Centre Press Release (09 May, 2016)“The Power of Social Business” a new book in English version on Social Business, was unveiled on Saturday, 7th May 2016 by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus at the Yunus Centre office. MFM Amir Khashru, General Manager of Yunus Centre is the author of the book. The book was published by Monirul Haque of Ananya Prokashoni Mr. Amir Khashru has worked closely with Professor Muhammad Yunus for a long time and has helped incubate diffe...
Yunus Encourages Oxford Youth to imagine a new world and make it happen
Yunus Centre Press Release, 02 May, 2016Nobel Peace Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus delivered the prestigious ‘Lady Margaret Hall Deneke Lecture" On 29 February on the topic of Redesigning Economics to Redesign the World’ Lady Margaret Hall (LMH) was founded in 1878 when Oxford University was not open for women. LMH made it possible for the first time for women to study at Oxford. Hundred years later, the College began to admit male students as well. LMH is named in hon...