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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon all, including the Rotarians, to supplement the government efforts to establish a poverty and hunger-free prosperous Bangladesh for the next generation.
She was addressing a function marking the platinum jubilee of Rotary International District 3280, Bangladesh at a hotel in the capital.
At the programme, the Bangladesh chapter of Rotary International conferred the Rotary Peace Award 2013 upon Sheikh Hasina in recognition of her endeavour to promote peace among communities and across the globe.
The prime minister said her government has consolidated democracy, attached priority to maintaining communal harmony and brought the war criminals to justice to establish peace in society.
Terming the award an honour to the people of the country, Hasina said the recognition of the Rotary International for the peace efforts of the government will inspire her to establish and maintain peace at home and abroad.
The world, noted the prime minister, was now getting engaged with sustainable development, and she strongly believed that sustainable development could be achieved only through ensuring global peace.
In this context, she cited the presentation of her peace model Peoples Empowerment and Development in the UN General Assembly in 2011 to achieve global peace. The 193 member global forum passed the proposal in December last year.
Former deputy prime minister of Thailand and past president of Rotary International Bhichai Rattakul, Rotarian Ishtiaque A Zaman and program chairman Rotarian F H Arif, among others, spoke at the programme.
Source: The Daily Star | Breaking & Latest News from Bangladesh
Hopefully, that'll settle matter.
But wait!
There's more!
Yunus, Buffett honoured by Forbes
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and US billionaire investor Warren Buffett were honoured before the worlds wealthiest business leaders at the second annual Forbes 400 Summit on Philanthropy in New York on June 5.
More than two hundred of the Forbes 400 billionaires gathered at the UN to recognise microcredit pioneer Dr Yunus and business tycoon Buffett with the lifetime achievement awards.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the billionaires and invited them to play a role in addressing global problems of poverty, poor health care and environmental issues, said a statement.
The gathering of the wealthiest people in the world was organised by Forbes magazine.
Steve Forbes, chairman of Forbes magazine, said the total wealth of the people in the room was about half a trillion dollars.
Yunus addressed the gathering to invite the richest businesses to be involved in social business, a concept he introduced to address social problems.
He also proposed that 10 percent of philanthropy money from each person attending the Summit could be invested each year in social business.
Other participants included Bill Gates, Bill Ackman, famous rock musician Bono, Ray Chambers, Paul Tudor Jones, Peter G Peterson, Stephen Schwartzman, and Jeff Skoll.
Dr Yunus addressed the plenary session along with eBay co-founder Jeff Skoll and Robin Hood founder Paul Tudor Jones.
Steve Forbes in his speech gave a glowing tribute to Dr Yunus before he presented the award for lifetime achievement to the social entrepreneur.
He called Yunus and his work an extraordinary catalyst for reducing poverty a remarkable, remarkable man who has done so much in defining the best in human nature.
Bono introduced Buffett before giving him the lifetime achievement award for philanthropy.
Buffett in his speech jokingly referred to Steve Forbes announcement of Muhammad Yunus as Buffetts successor as the CEO of the famous investment company Berkshire Hathaway.
He said: Well, tomorrow the Berkshire Hathaway stock will skyrocket because Muhammad Yunus has been announced as my successor by Steve Forbes. Even Bill Gates doesnt know that piece of information although he is on my board of directors.
All the high networth people of the world who assembled at the Summit gave a standing ovation to Prof Yunus and Buffett on receiving the awards.
Source: The Daily Star | Breaking & Latest News from Bangladesh
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There was even Bono
i wonder how big hasina's trophy cabinet is.....
