Muhammad Yunus Early Life: Yunus was born on 28 June 1940 in Hathazari, Chittagong, to Hazi Dula Mia Shoudagar, a jeweler, and his mother Sufia Khatun. He came from a well-known Muslim family in the village of Bathua, by the Boxirhat Road, Chittagong. His family moved to Chittagong,...
Sayem Sobhan Anvir is a young business leader in Bangladesh who successfully has followed his father’s footprint in the business arena. Indeed, success evolving him from every corner of the business. The people of Bangladesh have been overserved, how a young boy lifted his father’s business...
and the Prophet- hood of Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) in these words, "I bear witness that there is no other Deity except Allah (s.w.t.), and that my father is the Messenger of Allah, the Chief of the Prophets, and that Ali is the Chief of the Vicegerents, and my sons are the ...
Muhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi economist and founder of the Grameen Bank, an institution that provides microcredit (small loans to poor people possessing no collateral) to help its clients establish creditworthiness and financial self-sufficiency. In 20
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