Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus’s 85th birthday is today.
He was born on June 28, 1940, in Bathua village of Hathazari upazila of Chattogram. For a decade and a half, his birthday has been celebrated globally as Social Business Day.
Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam told BSS that there is no official programme to mark Prof Yunus’s birthday.
The birthday will not be celebrated at the government level, he said.
The two-day ‘Social Business Day’ was inaugurated at Zirabo Social Convention Centre in Savar, Dhaka on Friday.
Prof Yunus was the chief guest at the event. However, there was no arrangement to celebrate the chief adviser’s birthday at the event.
Economist Prof Yunus is the only Nobel laureate from Bangladesh. His microfinance banking, without collateral to alleviate poverty, has brought him worldwide fame. The Grameen Bank he founded also has won the Nobel Peace Prize.বিস্তারিত