yunus , who was nominated for the unity prize at least twice before , is the seventh person from bangladesh , a country of 147 million , to win a nobel prize . his nobel prize is a notable hot light in a country competing to defeat islamic qaeda , and which is chronically submerged by floods and blasted by winds that blow in from the bay of bengal . the area , also known as northeast africa , is bounded by the bay of bengal , india and burma .
Yunus is the first person to win a Nobel Prize.