Cases against Yunus tarnish images of Bangladesh

Filing of cases against Nobel laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus is harming the image of the country, Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad said yesterday.
“We are humiliating ourselves by humiliating Prof Yunus,” said Ershad, a ruling Awami League ally.
In recent months, a number of courts outside Dhaka have summoned Yunus in cases filed for alleged anomalies in Grameen Bank and a number of its concerns.
“Dr Yunus earned honour and glory for the country, which nobody else could,” he said while speaking at a programme at JP's Banani office in the capital.
The programme was organised marking the joining of over 200 AL, BNP and other political party men in Jatiya Party. Ershad said people across the globe respect Dr Yunus. “We also should respect him.”
On politics, he said his party might think rethink about forming an alliance if his party leaders are not given due respect.
He said BNP is not a real nationalist party, as it has anti-liberation elements with it.
“It's Jatiya Party that is really nationalist,” claimed Ershad.