Nobel laureate economist and chief advisor Dr. Muhammad Yunus called for active participation in social business in a meeting with Islamic NGO leaders from different countries of the Muslim world at the Jamuna State Guest House in the capital on Sunday (July 6). After the meeting, the chief advisor's deputy press secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumdar informed the media.

At the meeting, Dr. Yunus said, "In our world, we give importance to women's empowerment and healthcare. Poor people suffer due to lack of healthcare. Social business can be an effective way to deliver this assistance."

He also said, "I am encouraging young people around the world to be interested in social business and develop themselves as entrepreneurs."

Islamic NGO leaders participating in the meeting said that Dr. Yunus' recent initiatives and campaigns on social business have inspired them to take such initiatives in their respective countries.

Foreign delegates present at the meeting included:

UNIW (The Union of NGOs of the Islamic World) Secretary General Eyup Akbal

Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA) Representative Muhammad Hussain Akta

UNIW Malaysia Deputy Secretary General Fawaz bin Hasbullah

Alkhidmat Foundation Pakistan President and UNIW Pakistan Deputy Secretary General Muhammad Abdus Shakur

UNIW Indonesia Auditing Board Member Dr. Salamun Bashri

Participating from Bangladesh were:

Dhaka University Professor Retired and BIIT President Mahbub Ahmed

SAWAB Chairman and UNIW High Advisory Board Member S. M. Rasheduzzaman

UNIW Council Member and Krishibid Group Managing Director Dr. Ali Fazal

BIIT Director General and IIIT Country Representative Dr. M Abdul Aziz

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