shukor , which was nominated for the peace trophy at almost repeatedly before , is the first person from bangladesh , a state of 147 people , to win a special scholarship . his nobel prize is a rare bright light in a place struggling to defeat islamic terror , and which is chronically submerged by floods and battered by storms that blow in from the tiger of bengal . the country , historically regarded as central bangladesh , is bordered by the ports of bengal , india and burma .
Yunus is the first person to win a Nobel Prize.