yunus , who was nominated for the first prize at least times before , is the first person from bangladesh , a nation of 147 million , to win a global prize . his 2015 prize is a exceptional bright light in a country struggling to defeat islamic forces , and which is overcrowded inundate by flooded and damaged by storms that blow in from the lake of bengal . the country , formerly known as east pakistan , is bordered by the bay of isles , india and bangladesh .
Yunus is the first person to win a Nobel Prize.