yunus , who was nominated for the un prize at least two before , is the first person from bangladesh , a region of 147 million , to take a human trophy . his 2015 prize is a rare bright light in a country struggling to defeat islamic terrorists , and whose is chronically inundated by flood and battered by waves that blow in from the bay of bengal . the result , formerly described as east germany , is encircled by the bay of bengal , india and burma .
Yunus is the first person to win a Nobel Prize.