Financial systems designed in wrong way, Covid-19 has revealed weaknesses: Muhammad YunusStressing the need to recognise the poor, the migrants, the women at the lowest strata of society, founder of the Grameen Bank said, "Finan...
31 Jul, 2020, 05.23 PM IST
Grameen Bank model has reached 300 million people worldwide: Mohd YunusOur Grameen Bank experiment has been able to benefit an estimated 300 million borrowers across the world including Brazil, said founder of ...
30 Aug, 2017, 03.16 PM IST
Set up independent banks for poor, says Grameen Bank founder Muhammed YunusMuhammed Yunus called for establishment of independent banks for the poor and underprivileged, as part of empowering women's SHGs in drough...
06 Sep, 2015, 10.42 PM IST
Youngsters are job seekers not job creators: Muhammad Yunus, founder Grameen BankThe social entrepreneur from Bangladesh who pioneered the concepts of microfinance and microcredit quipped that a job is the most 'uncreati...
02 Sep, 2015, 09.48 AM IST
Bangla Nobel Laureate summoned over unpaid tax of $1.5 millionMeanwhile, a field office of the tax authority, Tax Zone-6, issued a letter to Yunus asking him or his representatives to attend a meeting ...
24 Mar, 2015, 07.09 PM IST
- The ‘real’ truth behind Yunus’ Grameen story
The feud in Bangladesh between PM Hasina and Yunus, the founder of Grameen Bank is being portrayed as a modern-day replay of the "Mahabhara...
27 Mar, 2011, 11.32 AM IST
- Muhammad Yunus challenges dismissal from microfinance bank
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus challenged the legality on Thursday of a Bangladeshi government order dismissing him as the head of the micro...
03 Mar, 2011, 05.37 PM IST
- Bangladesh turns up heat on Nobel winner Yunus
Yunus has been summoned to appear in three separate court cases in Bangladesh over the last month, all nominally connected to Grameen.
28 Feb, 2011, 10.50 PM IST
- Microfinance pioneer Yunus criticises Indian lenders
Bangladeshi microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus on Sunday attacked companies for "misusing and abusing" his original concept of helping poo...
12 Dec, 2010, 07.41 PM IST
- Grameen Bank's Yunus cleared in aid probe
Microfinance pioneer Grameen Bank on Wednesday welcomed a report by Norway that cleared its founder Muhammad Yunus of misusing aid money.
09 Dec, 2010, 01.24 AM IST
- Microfinance pioneer Yunus cleared in aid probe
Microfinance pioneer Grameen Bank on Wednesday welcomed a report by Norway that cleared its founder Muhammad Yunus of misusing aid money.
08 Dec, 2010, 05.05 PM IST
- Bangladesh to use mobile phones tech for sending remittance
Bangladesh is planning to use mobile phone technology to transfer remittance that will help expatriates to send money to their homes in a f...
05 May, 2009, 01.39 PM IST
- Bangladesh to use mobile phones tech for sending remittance
Bangladesh is planning to use mobile phone technology to transfer remittance that will help expatriates to send money to their homes in a f...
05 May, 2009, 01.39 PM IST
- Nobel laureate threatens lawsuit against telecom operator
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus is threatening legal proceedings against Norwegian telecom operator Telenor to force it to transform their jo...
05 Sep, 2008, 11.54 PM IST
- Rahul Gandhi ends Bangladesh tour
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi wrapped up his five-day Bangladesh visit today during which he examined the micro-credit projects run by the G...
05 Aug, 2008, 11.00 AM IST
- Big banks follow Nobel winner’s cues in lending to poor
Robert Annibale clearly enjoys his role as a globe-trotting senior banker for US giant Citigroup, but his clients are unusual because they ...
16 Nov, 2006, 01.11 AM IST
- Microcredit, Mohd Yunus get their due
It may take us half-a-century more to figure out who nominated Mohammed Yunus and his Grameen Bank for the Nobel Peace prize. But, for the ...
14 Oct, 2006, 01.58 AM IST