King Charles III on Thursday conferred the ‘Harmony Award 2025’ on chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, recognising his lifelong efforts to promote peace, sustainability and harmony between people and the environment.
In June 2024, King Charles launched a new set of awards, celebrating living in harmony with nature.
Before the award ceremony, King Charles III welcomed Professor Yunus for a private audience at the Buckingham Palace.
The British monarch is an admirer of Yunus’ works, including his pioneering microcredit bank, his championing social businesses to combat poverty and his campaign for Three Zeroes to save civilisation from self-destruction, chief adviser’s press secretary Shafiqul Alam told UNB.
King Charles even wrote a foreword for one of Professor Yunus’ books, he said.
In the meeting that lasted for 30 minutes, they discussed the massive transition in Bangladesh and Yunus informed King Charles of the reform initiatives taken by his government in Bangladesh.
Describing meeting a cordial one, Alam said that since King Charles knew Professor Yunus for a long, they discussed many issues. ‘In this whole tour, I would say it was the most important event.’
Meanwhile, Sarah Cooke, currently in London, on Thursday said that she was pleased with Professor Yunus’ visit to the UK.