Description : A portrait of Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus at the Grameen Bank headquarters in Mirpur, Dhaka. Born in 28 June 1940 in Chittagong, Professor Yunus is an economist and founder of the Grameen Bank that provides microcredit (small loans) to poor people. In 2006 Professor Yunus and Grameen Bank received the Nobel Peace Prize "for their efforts through microcredit to create economic and social development from below". Dhaka, Bangladesh. December 12, 2010.