Chief Advisor Professor Muhammad Yunus stated that social business can not only change Bangladesh but also the entire world.
He said social business is the only right way to ensure healthcare for everyone in the world, and through this, it is quite possible to address the challenges of the healthcare sector.
He was speaking at the inauguration session of the 15th Social Business Day at the Samajik Convention Centre in Zirabo, Savar, on the outskirts of the capital.
The theme for this year was ‘Social Business is the Most Effective Way to Ensure Healthcare for All’.
At the two-day event, jointly organized by the Yunus Centre and the Grameen Group, more than 1,400 participants from 38 countries attended.
Nobel Laurate Muhammad Yunus also said that the transformative power of social business and its strong way can make real and lasting positive changes to crate ‘a beautiful and better world’ for everyone, breaking free from the current gloom.
‘The gloomy picture of the world, which is gloomy, for no fault of ours, it is gloomy as some people created it for us. We are not responsible for creating this gloomy world. We want to create a beautiful world, and we can do that,’ he said.
Advisers to the interim government, senior government officials and diplomats stationed in Dhaka were present on the occasion.
Prominent speakers including Professor Md. Saidur Rahman, Health & Family Welfare assistant to the Chief Adviser; Omar Ishrak, former CEO & Chairman of Medtronic and former Chairman of the Board, Intel Corporation; Dr Ismail Serageldin, former Vice President of the World Bank; and Erik Solheim, former Executive Director of UN Environment and former Minister of Environment and Climate, Norway, are expected to join the event.
Fifty-four entrepreneurs from the Grameen Group and others participated in the event.
By Saddam Hossain
Photo: CA Press Wing
