Stiller Foundation and Digicel Foundation Partner to Build Schools in Haiti

caribseek 12-DEC-11

Grandmotherly Bangladesh Leader Unfazed by Problems at Home

IHT 24-SEP-11

Reprieve for Bangladesh's ship breakers

aljazeera 23-JUN-11

Video: Petraeus upbeat on Afghanistan

independent 23-MAR-11

Grameen could collapse over Yunus sacking: lawyers

smh 15-MAR-11

Grameen boss fights to keep job

bbc 09-MAR-11

Muhammad Yunus loses appeal against dismissal from Grameen Bank

guardian 08-MAR-11

Bangladesh court hears Nobel laureate's case

kyivpost 07-MAR-11

Bangladeshi Banker Fights Ouster From Bank He Founded

voanews 05-MAR-11

Microfinance pioneer fired from bank in Bangladesh

independent 03-MAR-11

Bangladesh Nobel winner Yunus is sacked by bank

smh 02-MAR-11

Laureate Yunus faces removal from Grameen Bank (AP)

news 01-MAR-11

Facebook tightens user security

abs 28-JAN-11

Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook fan page hacked

dailymail 26-JAN-11

Norway exonerates Bangladesh bank

bbc 08-DEC-10

Pakistan, Afghanistan has no option but to co-exist: Qureshi

NewsJang 07-MAY-10

Obama hosts Muslim entrepreneurs (AFP)

news 26-APR-10

10 Afghans, six NATO troops die in Afghanistan

RTERadio 02-MAR-10

Malaysia terror arrests linked to Detroit bomb attempt, officials say

sundaytimes 28-JAN-10

Tigers need 415 to win Ctg test

thedailystarBD 21-JAN-10

India 243 in first innings

thedailystarBD 18-JAN-10

Old faces dominate ministerial nominees, presented to Afghan parliament

xinhuanet_en 19-DEC-09

[-says]: Whatever a conventional bank does, we do the opposite,

PraguePost 02-FEB-12

[-said]: I found that confidence (among attendees) has fallen to its lowest level,

asianewsnet 27-JAN-12

[-said]: People don't have confidence in the current global system now. This may be the chance to redesign the system,

asianewsnet 27-JAN-12

[-said]: The world only knows one business, business to make money, but we must think of business to solve human problem,

xinhuanet_en 09-DEC-11

[ said]: Young people are much more capable of changing the world,

euractiv 21-NOV-11

[-explained]: At this big Summit there was only a small group of borrowers because we want to be sure that they are comfortable and for them to avoid this big crowd of people from around the world,

ipsnews 21-NOV-11

[ said]: Nowadays everybody holds the Genie of Aladin in hand. In the story, Genie emerges with the touch of hand… Genie is the cell phone having internet connection,

thedailystarBD 11-NOV-11

[ said]: Cell phone should not be considered only as a medium of income but an opportunity to solve many problems,

thedailystarBD 11-NOV-11

[ said]: At the first Microcredit Summit in 1997, only 7.6 million of the world’s poorest families had been reached,

dailytimesPK 10-NOV-11

[-said]: The average loan,

reuters 25-SEP-11

[-told]: Obviously the environment is different in America to Bangladesh, but the essence of the problem is the same,

AP 23-SEP-11

[-told]: I want to earn my way to power from the people,

thedailystarBD 17-SEP-11

[-said]: Conventional banks go to the men, we went to women

vanguardngr 12-SEP-11

[-said]: Conventional banks go to the cities, particularly the big banks, they have the largest branches, we went to the villages, and the most remote villages. The remoter you are the more exited we are. That was what Grameen Bank was all about. Grameen means rural and when we were enacting the law that set it up we incorporated a clause that says this bank would never work in an urban center, never. It still today has never worked in any urban area, 35 years after inception, not even in the municipalities. In fact

vanguardngr 12-SEP-11

[-told]: You are the luckiest generation in entire human history,

albawaba 06-SEP-11

[ said]: [Microfinance Banking] works. And it works as well, or better than, any banking system,

albawaba 06-SEP-11

[-added]: All we have to do is focus our attention only on one thing - solving the problem,

ipsnews 13-AUG-11

[-added]: And we had a free space,

ipsnews 13-AUG-11

[ said]: I'm not hurt by the vilification in the press; I'm disappointed and I'm worried. I don't want to see an organisation which has come all this way and brought so much good to the country and brought power to people, come to this. Many people are angry but anger doesn't solve anything,

bdnews24 18-JUL-11

[-said]: If those amendments (proposed by the review committee) come and the government penetrates the bank, it will not survive very long,

irishsun 26-MAY-11

[-said]: During the review, the committee members did not visit Grameen Bank. They did not visit branches of Grameen Bank to see what Grameen Bank is. They did not meet the borrowers of Grameen Bank. Maybe some of them individually met some borrowers in the past,

thedailystarBD 25-MAY-11

[explained that:]: Muslim fundamentalists are a fringe not accepted by the Bangladeshi mainstream.

hinduonnet 22-APR-11

[-criticised]: recognise fatwas issued by Imams and block the introduction of laws contrary to sharia law.

thedailystarBD 22-APR-11

[-told]: It's time for you to work with greater dedication to keep this institution effective,

economictimes 06-APR-11

[-said]: Opportunity has to be created to hand over the charge of Grameen Bank in a happy environment so that it could achieve its objectives,

cnn 05-APR-11

[said:]: I went to court to seek justice, but now I have received the verdict and it is my time to leave Grameen Bank,

channelnewsasia 05-APR-11

[-said]: The real issue at stake is the right of the bank's 8.3 million borrowers to control their own financial future or whether they will be forced to cede their control to outside authorities,

irishsun 26-MAR-11

[ said]: This is a bank owned by poor women,

bbc 08-MAR-11

[said:]: We hope we can survive and keep the character of the bank and keep the independence of the bank.

AHN 08-MAR-11

[-told]: The government of today wants to make it (the bank) part of the government so that they can control it totally,

kyivpost 08-MAR-11

[-said]: Opportunity has to be created to hand over the charge of Grameen Bank in a happy environment so that it could achieve its objectives. I am continuing the effort and it will go on until getting friendly cooperation from all,

cnn 08-MAR-11

[-told]: They want to put their own person at the chair of the bank, a political person,

khaleejtimes 08-MAR-11

[-said]: My thoughts are for the welfare of borrowers and employees of Grameen Bank,

AP 08-MAR-11

[-said]: This is a bank owned by poor women and that's right now under threat because our government somehow feels ... that they would like to take control of the bank,

australianetworknews 08-MAR-11

[-urge]: To do so, an opportunity must be created to transfer my post to the next managing director in a smooth and joyful environment. I am also working to that end and will continue to do so until I get cooperation from all.

thedailystarBD 07-MAR-11

[ said]: This will have an enormous impact on health,[*]because poor people suffer from diseases like hookworm that come through the skin of their feet. We want to make low-cost shoes that children and adults can afford to wear all the time.

earthtimes 07-MAR-11

[said:]: Throughout my life, I have worked to erase the marks of poverty from the lives of the poor one after one. I have dedicated all my thoughts to the well-being of Grameen members and employees. I have always dreamt of bringing a rapid change to the lives of people, especially the youth.

thedailystarBD 07-MAR-11

[ said]: I, too, want to quit, but it has to be done honorably,

chinadaily 04-MAR-11

[-told]: Interest rates should be as much that the MFIs should be able to recover their cost of servicing the loans. Anything above 20 per cent rate should be profit making MFI,

economictimes 27-FEB-11

[-said]: When they start looking at profit they become loan-sharks,

thedailystarBD 20-FEB-11

[-told]: We established Grameen Bank through a special ordinance, with rules that are specific, according to which my current term as managing director is fully valid,

dailytimesPK 17-FEB-11

[-told]: It is a question of explaining to her,

cnn 16-FEB-11

[-has admitted]: She probably has no close connection to that, all the good things that microcredit has done globally, not just in Bangladesh.

cnn 16-FEB-11

[-said]: It's not possible, and if I withdraw myself from Grameen Bank, it'll collapse,

cnn 16-FEB-11

Blake [-told]: I warned that a failure to find a compromise that respects Dr. Yunus's global stature and maintains the integrity and effectiveness of Grameen could affect our bilateral relations,

weeklyblitz 06-APR-11

Blake [said:]: We discussed Yunus, and I expressed our hope that a compromise will be found that will ensure the integrity and independence of the Grameen Bank.

economictimes 21-MAR-11

Abu Bakar [ said]: The removal of Prof Yunus from Grameen Bank has enraged people. I think the party has made a timely decision,

thedailystarBD 09-MAR-11

Hossain Zillur Rahman [ said]: We need to keep in mind the greater interest. The development surrounding Prof Yunus would neither strengthen Grameen Bank, poverty alleviation efforts nor the country's image at the international arena,

thedailystarBD 08-MAR-11

Kerry [-said]: I am deeply concerned by efforts to remove Muhammad Yunus as managing director of the Grameen Bank,

dailytimesPK 05-MAR-11

Robinson [ said]: Because of the importance of such a role model, our duty is to protect the integrity of Professor Yunus and the independence of Grameen Bank,

irishsun 18-FEB-11

Robinson [ said]: We are deeply concerned by the ongoing attacks against Professor Yunus and Grameen Bank, that are politically orchestrated,

irishsun 18-FEB-11