Dhaka, May 30 -- time meeting was held between Prof Muhammad Yunus and newly elected Paris Mayor Emmanuel Gregoire in his office in the gorgeous historic Paris building at the center of the city on May 29.

Gregoire was interested to take the lead in creating a social business day in Paris and taking that to cities in other countries in the world to make it a global day.

Prof Yunus and Gregoire, who became mayor at the end of March, discussed a wide range of social businesses in France, particularly in Paris.

They spoke about the role that France and Paris have played in the global social business movement, including the special role played by his predecessor, two-time mayor Anne Hidalgo, in establishing Les Canaux by converting a histo...