Dhaka, Oct. 16 -- Bangladeshi Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus has received the Hillary Rodham Clinton Award.

Former US secretary of state Clinton presented the award to him at an event at Georgetown University's Gaston Hall on Thursday local time.

In a statement released on its Facebook page on Friday, the Yunus Centre outlined the details of the award ceremony.

Clinton and Georgetown University's Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) jointly give out the award.

A total of four people were honoured at the event. The other recipients were Reema Nanavaty, director of the Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) of India, and Tory Burch, fashion designer and founder of the Tory Burch Foundation. Muna Sukhtian, board chair of...