Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus has
urged all to vote for Bangladeshi mountaineer Wasfia Nazreen to win the
National Geographic People's Choice Award.
Prof Yunus also congratulated Wasfia
for becoming the first ever Bangladeshi to be selected as a National Geographic
Adventurer of the Year. In a statement at the Yunus Centre, the Nobel laureate
said: "You [Wasfia] have made us incredibly proud.
"We want to see Wasfia and
Bangladesh win the People's Choice Adventurer of
the Year too." In a picture posted
on the Facebook page of the Yunus Centre, Prof Yunus is seen holding a placard
saying "I vote for Wasfia every day... Do you?."
It is the National Geogrphic's second
category of award- People's Choice Award- in which your vote matters for
Wasfia. You can vote her every day by
clicking here. Names of the winners of
the People's Choice Award will be announced in February 2015.
Wasfia is the second Bangladeshi woman
who conquered the world's highest peak, Mount Everest.
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