Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday urged students to dream of building a new world.
鈥榃e have the capacity to build the new that we want,鈥� he said while delivering his speech at the 5th Convocation Ceremony of Chittagong University on its central playground in the afternoon.
In his convocation speech, Professor Yunus said that they would be able to build the world the way they wanted to build. 鈥楤ut everyone has to have a dream about what kind of environment and society he or she wants to establish.鈥�
Recalling the background of the establishment of Grameen Bank, the chief adviser said that the ongoing civilisation was a civilisation of destructive economy. 鈥楾he economy we established is an economy of business, not of people. The business-oriented civilisation is a suicidal one, which will not sustain.鈥�
Professor Yunus said that he was delighted to be in Chittagong University after a long time, recalling that he joined the CU as a teacher in 1972.
He highlighted the 1974 famine that hit the country and how Grameen Bank was formed to help the famine-hit people in Chattogram.
At the function, the CU authorities conferred honorary Doctorate of Literature degree on chief adviser Muhammad Yunus for his outstanding contributions to poverty alleviation through microcredit and establishing peace across the globe.
CU vice-chancellor Muhammad Yeahia Akhter handed over the certificate of D Litt degree to Professor Yunus.
Education adviser Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar and University Grants Commission chairman Professor SMA Faiz also spoke at the convocation, among others.
CU pro-vice-chancellor (academic) Mohammed Shamim Uddin Khan and pro-vice-chancellor (administration) Md Kamal Uddin were present on the occasion.
The CU hosted the largest convocation in the country鈥檚 history on the day, awarding degrees to 22,586 students.