Professor Muhammad Yunus and Mosammat Taslima Begum on behalf of Grameen Bank received the Nobel Peace prize on 10 December 2006 in Oslo City Hall in the presence of His Royal Highness King Harald V and Queen Sonja. Among many events marking the achievements of Professor Yunus and the Grameen Bank, the Nobel Peace Center organised an exhibition in Oslo portraying the evolution and growth of Grameen Bank and micro credit as a powerful means for poverty eradication, and the role of Professor Yunus in the process since the foundation of Grameen Bank in 1976. The exhibition “A Fistful of Dollars” was inaugurated at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo by Professor Yunus during the receipt of the award and remained open for one year (until replaced with the new one produced in connection with Nobel Peace Prize 2007) for the visitors. The exhibition has now been reproduced in Dhaka by Drik Picture Library under the title ‘Jobra to Oslo’ in collaboration with the Grameen Bank and the Royal Norwegian Embassy, Dhaka
21/07/2008 :: Press Release
Visit to Bangladesh by Professor Ole Danbolt Mjøs, Chairman, Norwegian Nobel Committee and Ms. Bente Erichsen, Director, Nobel Peace Center, Norway 15 – 20 July 2008 in connection with opening of the Exhibition on Nobel Peace Prize at Grameen Bank, Dhaka
Professor Ole Danbolt Mjøs, the Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced on 13 October 2006 that Professor Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank had jointly been awarded with the Nobel Peace prize 2006. The Bangladeshi people rejoiced the occasion. Please read the PressRelease