Dhaka, June 29 -- Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus's 85th birthday was celebrated on Saturday. He was born on 28 June 1940, in Bathua village of Hathazari upazila of Chattogram. For a decade and a half, his birthday has been celebrated globally as Social Business Day.

Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam told BSS that there was no official programme to mark Prof Yunus's birthday.

The birthday was not celebrated at the government level, he said. The two-day 'Social Business Day' was inaugurated at Zirabo Social Convention Centre in Savar, Dhaka on Friday.

Prof Yunus was the chief guest at the event. However, there was no arrangement to celebrate the chief adviser's birthday at the event.

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