On Thursday, Finance Minister Muhith lauded Grameen Bank's role while speaking at a programme of the Social Development Foundation, an autonomous body under his ministry. The Grameen Bank has played a successful role in it," is what he said. Referring to his remarks, Prime Minister Hasina said on Thursday, "We saw the honourable finance minister praising microcredit. The Awami League chief came down hard on Muhith from praising Grameen Bank founder and Noble laureate Mohammad Yunus. The Grameen Bank was founded in the 1980s during the military regime of HM Ershad.

Source: bd News24 March 04, 2017 09:32 UTC