“Friends of Grameen” will fight for Prof Yunus and Microfinance
Microfinance Focus, February 11, 2011: The “Friends of Grameen” initiative was launched today. The purpose of the association will be the promotion and development of microcredit and social business, in particular the microcredit activities of Grameen Bank and its affiliates. The organization will be registered in France, at the headquarters of ADIE, a French Grameen Model based- microfinance institution created in 1989.
One of the priorities is also to support the independence of Grameen Bank and its founder Professor Yunus, who together awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, as they have been the target of an ongoing pressure campaign of rumors and misleading information, said the official release.
Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, will chair the “Friends of Grameen” Honorary Committee.
This committee also includes prominent figures such as Jagdish Sharan Verma, former Chief Justice of India, and former Chair of the National Human Rights Commission of India; James D. Wolfensohn, Chairman and CEO of Wolfensohn Fund Management, L.P. and former President of World Bank; William Drayton, Founder and current Chair of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, and Dr Kamal Hossain, Head of Kamal Hossain & Associates, one of the most reputable law firms in Bangladesh.
“Our organization will get to work quickly”, said Maria Nowak, Head of the “Friends of Grameen” Executive Committee, and President of ADIE, a pioneering French microfinance institution created in 1989. She added: “As the world looks at Bangladesh as a pioneer and role model in the field of microcredit, the priority of Friends of Grameen will be to continue to advocate that Grameen bank should remain an autonomous entity, owned by borrowers, and should continue to benefit from the guidance of its founder, friendly political and legal support of the Government, as a significant stakeholder.”
Please form a facebook page for “Friends of Grameen”. We shall all join!
Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh is playing politics at the expense of the Dr. Yunus and the poor people of Bangladesh.
She unleashed the dogs of her government to destroy the reputation and honor of esteemed person like Dr. Yunus. She is a mean lady who does not have the wisdom to see what kind of damage she is doing to the country, the poor people and Dr. Yunus.
She is making the life of Dr. Yunus very difficult as he had the audacity to call the politicians of Bangladesh corrupt. She is doing everything she can to destroy the reputation of Dr. Yunus and that of Grameen Bank.
She will not stop until Dr. Yunus is jailed! The people with conscious mind are not going to sit idle and take this abuse being perpetrated to an innocent person. Thanks to you and others for standing up to a bully like Sheikh Hasina.
Dr. Yunus is a gifted person–he has given a lot to this world and has a lot more to offer to the world. We must raise our voice against Sheikh Hasina’s conspiracy against Dr. Yunus. Hasina just cannot stand to the fact that Dr. Yunus has become someone bigger than her father.
Firstly, I would to express my deep disappointment with the turn of events in the recent past over accusation slapped on a friend of the poor by a corrupt and inhumane government of Bangladesh.It is pure testimony of sheer persecution of an innocent citizen who has always stood for the poor. Most government of the developing world have exhibited this incompetence to wield those who critise them and eliminate or silence them by vindictively cooking up charges against them.
I’m a former Branch Manager of MFI and I have seen how microfinance can transform the lives of the poor. Microfinance has the capacity to change the lives of the people without any doubt.
I therefore want to commend the high ranking individuals of the globe for coming up with this initiative to defend the founder of microfinance and the tool that has helped millions of the people worldwide come out of doldrums of abject poverty.
Please put pressure on that tyranny lady trying to destroy the very foundation of poverty eradication by eliminating Dr. Yunus.
Thank you for creating Friends of Grameen. Please start something like Facebook or Webpage where everybody can sign up for supporting Dr. Yunus.
I am very anxious about Grameen Bank and Dr.Yunus.Present Government of Bangladesh will not stop until Dr. Yunus is jailed!
PM Sheikh Hasina and her activists is doing the odd works,at present.What should we do for Grameen Bank and Dr.Yunus in Bangladesh?
First of all, thanks for creating this group. This is a long awaited and much needed initiative and I applaud those who took the initiative to start the ball rolling! I found some useful petitions that we can all sign to help further put to action the intent of the group. Please sign and make a difference! Let’s all stand by Dr. Yunus, Microcredit organizations and ultimately help Bangladesh flourish and fight poverty around the whole world! http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/letmicrocreditflourish http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/americansforyunus/ http://www.gopetition.com/petition/42857.html
Hasina and Awamileage Govt will eradicate Dr Yunus by any means. This is completely political reason and ego problem of Hasina to accuse Dr Yunus and eradicate him.
Our politicians are corrupted and they made our country as the most corrupted country in the world. Dr Yunus once commented that our politicians are involved with politics for their own benefits. It is 100% true and we general people agree. But the corrupted politicians never accept this comment. When Dr Yunus got the Nobel prize, no politicians or Hasina congratulated or welcome him.
Hasina did not like that Dr Yunus got a Nobel prize instead of her. She does not like that the people or the world will remember and respect Dr Yunus instead of her and her father. We always get autocrats in our politics. All Awamileage politicians have to flatter Hasina to remain in a post or get a high post. Hasina always likes that everyone will flatter her. But Dr Yunus does not flatter Hasina and does not flatter the name of Hasina’s father. This is totally unacceptable to Hasina. Hasina and present Govt will eradicate Dr Yunus anyhow. We must fight for our Nobel Laureate.
Hasina and Awamileage Govt will eradicate Dr Yunus by any means. This is completely political reason and ego problem of Hasina to accuse Dr Yunus and eradicate him.
Our politicians are corrupted and they made our country as the most corrupted country in the world. Dr Yunus once commented that our politicians are involved with politics for their own benefits. It is 100% true and we general people agree. But the corrupted politicians never accept this comment. When Dr Yunus got the Nobel prize, no politicians or Hasina congratulated or welcome him.
Hasina did not like that Dr Yunus got a Nobel prize instead of her. She does not like that the people or the world will remember and respect Dr Yunus instead of her and her father. We always get autocrats in our politics. All Awamileage politicians have to flatter Hasina to remain in a post or get a high post. Hasina always likes that everyone will flatter her. But Dr Yunus does not flatter Hasina and does not flatter the name of Hasina’s father. This is totally unacceptable to Hasina. Hasina and present Govt will eradicate Dr Yunus anyhow. We must fight for our Nobel Laureate.
Hasina and pals in Government and some so called financial expert in Bangladesh are trying to destroy a big victory in Bangladesh.
When Hasina says something then her all dogs start following her to make that happen. Hasina has lot of dogs in University professors, Justice and legal dept. etc.
No real educated people are protected by Hasina and her pals.
Please form a facebook page. our politicians are stupid,,,this finance minister should resign first for his failure on share market. how dare he is to ask to resign to our dearest Nobel Laurate,,,,,,,,i cant belive how stupid they are,,,,,,
The sad irony is that Sheikh Hasina would not have felt as powerful in defying international pressures, if Bangladesh had not had a consistent 5+ percent growth over the last 20 years. This happened despite the corruption and incompetence of politicians in Bangladesh. What cannot be discounted in this “Bangladesh miracle” is the role played by NGOs like BRAC, Grameen and others. And here we see Sheikh Hasina, and her loyal band of followers, trying to destroy Dr. Yunus and Grameen, merely because she perceives him as a political threat ! This type of pettiness is astounding.
Honorable Prime Minister, Peoples Republic of Bangladesh (February 01, 2011)
I am writing this public petition regarding Professor Muhammad Yunus, The Founder of Grameen Bank and its sister organizations and the world leader of the social businesses. The Grameen Bank is well-known for its group based micro-credit and Professor Yunus exercises dynamic organizational management and innovation ability. He is a famous social scientist, action researcher and social entrepreneur in Bangladesh and in the world. His innovations benefits millions of rural marginalized people in Bangladesh. The Gramen Bank and its sister organizations still need his mentorship because these financial organizations are young, but they have huge grassroots operations in Bangladesh. Grameen Bank is dealing with the most marginalized people in Bangladesh, which a bottom-up management needs style that Muhammad Yunus has practiced since its inception. Muhammad Yunus’s mentorship/execution is essential to build the management capacity of these young organizations, monitoring their field activities and providing quick and appropriate feedback to the problems/issues that arise from time-to-time. Moreover, these organizations need dynamic public relations both internally and externally. The Grameen Bank and its sister organizations executives’ have yet to develop the appropriate institutional management.
I am afraid these organizations will suffer without his direct supervision, execution and guidance. As Muhammad Yunus is very talented, active, innovative, sincere, honest and very hard working, hence he is a great resource for these organizations and to its employees. For the sake of the Grameen Bank, its improved performance and for the better performance of its sister organizations in future, his intensive mentorship/execution/guidance to these organizations would require at least another five years. Hence, I am humbly requesting you to please support him in this regards with your special leadership and power. Please urgently consider my request.
Kazi Abdur Rouf
A citizen of Bangladesh and an ex-employee of Grameen Bank
I have been involved with Grameen Bank and its sister organizations since the beginning and have directly worked with Honorable Professor Muhamad Yunus. He a social asset for Bangladesh. He could do more jobs/ services for the well-being of marginalized peoples in Bangladesh. His health is good and he is very capable of managing Grameen Bank and its sister organizations, which is essential to its sustainability. GB and its other affiliated organizations would collapse without him because no other leadership has not yet not developed. Please give him time to run these organizations and save the integrity of Grameen Bank. World leaders please come forward to demand that the Bangladesh government retain Professor Muhamad Yunus as Grameen Bank’s CEO in the future. Please make petitions to the Honorable Prime Minister to the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh. Kazi Abdu Rouf
I fully support formation of a page with title “Grameen Bank of Bangladesh” in Facebook to allow free exchange of views and exposition of the activities of Sk. Hasina and her Tabedars (devotees)in Bangladesh. Simply understood, she and her party wants to control and use the resources of Grameen Bank for the total benefit of herself and her party the Awami League. Just think of how she can misuse the finances, built up resources and objectives of Grameen Bank politically to buy up voters and sweep in the next country elections and return again to power to finally destroy this country and make all the people destitute and dependent upon India. She has formed a committee comprising of chosen followers to investigate the Bank through which she intends to malign Dr. Yusus to be able to remove him from control of the Bank. Her party controlled newspapers are already cautioning her openly to ensure that the Committee reports to her benefit, otherwise a great opportunity shall be lost. She must not be allowed to hoodwink the entire world riding upon the treachery of cohorts and self-seekers like her Finance, Home, Foreign and Commerce Ministers, alleged to have been appointed by India. Get on with the Facebook Page and let us uncover what is going on in this one-Party country presently like, the Share Market Scam, the Financial and Economic degradation, the Lawless adminstration, the Crippled Judiciary, the Biman Airlines Scam, etc.
I would fully endorse suggestion to form a web page in the Facebook to put a stop to this unethical bid of the Bangladesh govt. Taking over and controlling Grameen Bank by Hasina would only defeat the purpose of the international effort to assist the needy people of the country to do something by themselves to engage in productivity and sustenance. Furthermore, which is very crucial, the finances, resources and activities of the Bank could be surely misused in order to buy up and influence countrywide voters to vote favorably in the next general election of the country. I am sure, the democratically conscious donors of Grameen Bank would hardly want that to happen. As it is, the one-party rule in the country has brought in rampant lawlessness, misrule, unaccountability for administration as well as the judiciary and corruption in galore. We should invite the people to express their opinion freely in case the govt. continues to ignore their plight.
As a Bangladeshi I strongly believe that Grameen Bank, BRAC and other organisation making a change in the country and to some extent in the poverty of world. Leading an organisation is important for achieving its objectives. Professor Muhammad Yunus is the Right person for managing Grameen Bank and creating new avenues for the poor.
My humble request to the Government of Bangladesh is to make friendship with Grameen Bank and Professor Yunus (two sides of coin) for reducing poverty and improving livelihoods of the poor. Government’s support will help rulling party to win the next election due to improvement of livelihoods of the poor.
I am sure that Grameen Bank still needs Professor Yunus’s leadership for its long term sustainability and stability.
No Yunus means No Grameen Bank.
Professor Yunus is our pride. The name of professor Yunus and Bangladesh is going side by side. When we have seen a special honor and security has given to Professor Yunus by different Govermnent our chest become full with joy and happy ness. Recently we have seen Professor Yunus has got 40th Position out of 50 most influential person who have a ability to change the world. There are so many comments of the world leader on him which can recognized his creativeness and leadership. But recently he beccame the victims of Bangladeshi politices. So far we know the anti group of microcredit around the world has moved different types of propaganda aganist Muhameed Yunus and Grameen. Now we are sorry to ovserved that the Goverment of Bangladesh, the vested quarters media has joined with that group which is inaccepted and not wise.
I would like to request the goverment of Bangladesh please utilize the potentiality of Professor Yunus to solve many problems with different countries as he has acceptance to all,don’t hemulate him. Don’t hit your leg by yourself.
AS a conscious citizen of Bangladesh, I believe Dr. Yunus is the victim of vengeance of a very low level by someone high up in national political hierarchy. In any case honour and dignity of Professor Yunus must be saved and the Grameen Bank founded by him must also be protected from ruination by interested quarters for fulfilling their personal ends.
Professor M. Maniruzzaman MIAH
Former Vice-Chancellor, Dhaka University,
Dhaka, Bangladesh
and
Former Ambassador
As a good friend of Dr. Yunus, some of you are spreading Fears and Rumors unnecessarily concerning Grameen Bank and Dr. Yunus. There are many mistakes in doing such, that does not mean that no good has happened. As Dr. Yunus came to the age of his retirement, it is ethical and moral and honest if Dr. Yunus chooses his successor from his women co-workers. There are a lot of them who will carry out his job as millions of women are Grameen beneficiaries, so this will be a moral thing to do. I am sad to see that some of you untruly blamed Shekh Hasina, the Prime-Minister of Bangladesh. In the past, many people fabricated the government which is not honest. The newspapers in Bangladesh, read microcredit articles throughout the world, and other documentaries about NGOs and Grameen Bank, you will understand that always 100% success claimed is not true, but always what Yunus did or tried his best let it be praised, not blame others.
Rabindranath Tagore was awarded Nobel Prize in 1913, he wrote
‘Where the mind is without fear and head is held high;
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic disputes;
Where words come out from the depth of truth;
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit;
Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action-
Into thar heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake’
TRUTH SHALL MAKE US FREE.
Of course he will leave GB, but when situation will allow him, i.e. sustainability and stability. Our politicians should understand that GB and Prof Yunus’s contribution took BD to a high level of reputation. And we are not sure that some one can manage GB..we should not take any risk letting some one manage the Bank, its a question of survival of millions of people. Let realize it and make friendship with GB and Dr Yunus.
Our Prime Minister should not have made derogetory remarks about Grameen Bank and Professor Yunus without establishing the facts first. To make such remarks and thereafter establishing a committee to invetigate the allegations shows that she was shooting from the belt. Althought many of us personally have admired many of her initiatives, I am afraid most unbiased people will not support her on this.
She may have considered Professor Yunus as a political opponent and hence her hasty remarks but this was I guess purely based out of an unnecessary fear of a man who has figured out that politics is not for him. If I could, I would recommend our PM to let the matter pass without much further ado and leave the man alone and let him carry on his good work. This would be good politics.
Dear Professor Maniruzzaman,
Thank you for your concern. It is good that you raised this concern regarding Dr Yunus. Our country problem is every one likes ‘vengeance’. BNP or Al, no political parties Dr Yunus. Dr Yunus raised an important and true comment of our politicians. General people like that comment, but our corrupted politicians did not like that comment. We are the only nation in the world that we can not work together because we always try to impose AL and anti-AL sentiment everywhere. Our people like it. Even Gandhi or Nelson Mandela would not be succeeded in our country. The problem of Hasina is that she wants the highest fame in Bangladesh, she wants that the world will extol Hasina and her family. She does not like that Bangladeshi people and the world extol Dr Yunus.
Dear Professor Maniruzzaman,
Thank you for your concern. It is good that you raised this concern regarding Dr Yunus. Our country problem is every one likes ‘vengeance’. BNP or Al, no political parties Dr Yunus. Dr Yunus raised an important and true comment of our politicians. General people like that comment, but our corrupted politicians did not like that comment. We are the only nation in the world that we can not work together because we always try to impose AL and anti-AL sentiment everywhere. Our people like it. Even Gandhi or Nelson Mandela would not be succeeded in our country. The problem of Hasina is that she wants the highest fame in Bangladesh, she wants that the world will extol Hasina and her family. She does not like that Bangladeshi people and the world extol Dr Yunus.
Dr Sazzadur Rahman
Scotland
I am totally agreed with Syed Quader that let Professor Yunus run GB. But I would like to add that supporting GB and Prof Yunus would be beneficial for any government in the power. Thanks Mr Quader.
Thanks Mr Khan Abdul. I am fully agreement with you. Make friendship with GB and Dr Yunus and use its potential for achieving championship.
while Grameen should continue as an autonomous organisation free to frame its polices to support poor, it has to submit itself to Govt’ control and regulations in so far these relate to transparancy in receipt and disposal of forein grants and loans, charging of interest and other charges to the borrowers and should abide by the local taxation laws, anti money laundering measures and interest of its depositors and borrowers. It has to comply with the local banking laws and has to be supervised by the Bangladesh Central Bank, which will give to it more credibility and respect.
If Dr. Yunus has been appointed MD of Grameen Bank by the Trustees it should be for the Trustees as a whole or mejority to alter the appointment, but certainly not by the govt.of Bangladesh which has a nominal share in the venture. That is why all the supporters of Hasina are asking for his resignation. Let good sense prevail to protect the respectability of the country.
Needless to question these aspects of Central Bank regulation and control as all operational activities of every in-country bank is supervised by the Central Bank. The issue here is not regulations or Dr. Yunus, but a naked attempt by the Prime Minister Sk. Hasina to secure full control of operations of GB with political motive. The donors should prevent it’s take over by the corrupt governments of Bangladesh.
Any smart government should have treasured it’s only Nobel Laureate to bring respect, confidence, and investment to the country to help its citizens. Instead our vindictive and callous Prime Minister have tried to discredit this most honorable citizen of Bangladesh and have used her usual deragotary language to malign him and now dislodged him from the institution that he had founded and reared all his life. It is obvious and a well known fact that she is afraid of Dr. Yunus due to his fame and world recognition as the father of microcredit, and she could have most benefitted by properly respecting and showcasing him to the world, but again, this is Sheikh Hasina who has a clouded judgement and diven by personal petty jealousy.
I thank concerned authority for timely and right decision of removing Muhammad Yunus from the post of Managing Director of Grameen Bank that he was holding illegally and unethically for long time. Mr. Yunus often suggests people about ethics but never practice it in his own life.
It is a surprise to me that some people showing unreasonable sympathy for Yunus being motivated by a few opportunists editors and newspapers of Bangladesh. The Government of Bangladesh has the right to change the chief executive of Grameen Bank because it is in fact a public sector organisation. Mr. Yunus was running this organisation violating the standard norms of a public organisation.
Muhammad Yunus turned a public organisation into his private organisation and made personal fortune from it. He selected a group of directors who was unable to oppose any decision of its MD. The management of Grameen Bank was just a one man show. He made him rich through handling poverty of people of Bangladesh. He is very successful to convert poverty of people into profitable business opportunity for many others. I shall request concerned authority to undertake appropriate audit and inquiry in financial and administrative matters of Grameen Bank immediately to uncover level of corruption by this so called great man.
Muhammad Yunus bought the Nobel prize by selling Grameen phone to Telenor of Norway. The Telenor is official sponsor of Nobel Peace Foundation that awards Nobel prize in peace. In 2006, Nobel Peace Foundation was about to bankrupt and the Telenor saved it by donating 13.6 million croners. That time the chairman of Nobel Peace Prize Commitee was a professor from medical faculy of Oslo University. He received research fund from Telenor in 2006. Muhammad Yunus sold the economic interest of poor people of Bangladesh in telecommunication to Telenor for Nobel peace prize. All clicked same time and Yunus got the Nobel Peace Prize. It is well known to conscious people of the world that Nobel Peace prizes are usually awarded to people who satisfy interest of some western countries and companies, not for any great work. The Nobel Prize of Muhammad Yunus also need careful investigation.
I shall request all people to meet borrowers of Grameen Bank in rural areas of Bangladesh and understand their opinion about Muhammad Yunus before thinking this person as angel to poor people. I personally interacted with poor in Bangladesh during my research works and found Yunus very unpopular among poor of Bangladesh.
Recently Muhammad Yunus introduced multinational friendly social business theory and became darling of some western countries. BRAC already has a very effective social business model in Bangladesh (Aarong). The BRAC social business model is poor friendly and it could not draw attention of western and opportunist local media. Yunus social business model is to create business opportunity for some large western companies in poor developing countries by narrowing opportunity for local companies.
Muhammad Yunus is a very good example of how a corrupt, unethical, and greedy person can win Nobel Peace Prize and sympathy of some western power by fulfilling their interest. I request all to behave rationally and think about Muhammad Yunus in cool head. It is important for the interest of Bangladesh to rid of Muhammad Yunus.
Finally, I thank government again for their bold decision about Muhammad Yunus and request them to undertake necessary inquiry on the activities of this person immediately.
Professor Abu Hena Reza Hasan
Chairman
Department of International Business
University of Dhaka
Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.
Mr.Abu Hena Reza you seems to be a theoritical professor.Do you know how many beneficiaries of GB? how percentage dislike Yunus? How percentage need(% sample) to justify any comments? I think you know? Dhaka university at once famous in the world. But now the position is where?
Md. Abdul Matin
Dear Professor Abu hena Reza Hasan,I am really very sad to see such comments from you regarding Dr.Yunus. You have to think what you have done for porr people in your country and compare yourself with Prof.Younus. I salute him because he brough such concept which changed life of lots of poor people.I have seen in my 32 years life. You people work in Dhaka university and make some lectures to student and do politics ,you dont have rights to say something about him.I am a graduate from Public university from Bangladesh and now working as a researcher here in Norway.I have seen you so called professors how you can misuse your profession. if you are neutral in politics you couldnt blame Dr.Yunus. I am so undone to help Dr.Yunus.I was hoping as young professional person to follow Dr.yunus’s concept and go back to my country to do something for poor relatives but now I am loosing such determination because of these so called professors and politicians of this unfortunate country.
I am willing to join friends of Grameen to raise my voice as citizen of Bangladesh.
sincerely
Syed
Professor Yunus & Grammen bank winner of Nobel peace prize of 2006 and its affiliated organization are socially commited for well-being of poor and under privileged people.
It is a dream of Professor Yunus and he gradually build up the organization for the purpose.Presently,he is physically feet to run this organization with core values to reach his goal.Any change in this organization will not be able to reach the goal.Politically victimization of the Professor Yunus definitely destroy the organization and vision.we hope the people who are capable enough to run the organization as proposed by present government may be put on test to organize such an organization of grammen pattern which will ultimately help the nation by expanding activities for well-being of the more people of the country.We hope the government will put due attention for expanding the activities for well-being of the poor
people.
President
Chittagong University Ex- Economics student Association
All the Best to “Friends of Grameen” to save Grameen Bank like unique noble institution and its founder Dr. Yunus from the raw grudge of a vindictive regime
Do I misunderstand the situation?
Is Prof. Yunus not requested to give up his post of MD with GrameenBank by the Central Bank because he violates the maximum retirement age (60) already with 10 more years?
Is that not the role of the Central Bank to ensure compliance with national laws such as the Labour Law and is the central bank not one of Bangladeshi’s impartial and most respected public bodies?
Retiring from GrameenBank’s management does however not at all preclude Prof. Yunus to undertake representative functions that many participants at this debate want him to continue to do. And it also does not prevent him to nurture and support training of managers of GB and other social businesses.
If the above is correct then I understand the many comments and debates as a need for expressing some sort of sadness and frustration, a feeling that Prof. Yunus was “brought down” as it were by normal human beings applying laws and are intended for all normal people to apply.
Instead of filling wealthy lawyers’ pockets, Prof. Yunus might maybe have more important things to do that benefit with a good relationship with local authorities.
Respectfully,
Peter van Dijk
BSD City, Indonesia
we believe Professor Muhammad Yunus is the Right person for managing Grameen Bank ,we also believe micro credit not only the way to reduce poverty in the world but its can help people like a friend.we the Bangladeshi people always mistake to choice the right person for right things .we are lucky enough that Professor Muhammad Yunus born in Bangladesh and very unlucky we could not use him.Professor Muhammad Yunus is the man who can do many things for the people of Bangladesh and world.we pray for his long life and support him.