'Conspirators' against Yunus will be punished

Punitive actions will be taken against those who have hatched conspiracies to damage the name and fame of Noble Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus and his Grameen Bank if BNP comes to power, BNP Standing Committee Member Lt Gen (Retd) Mahbubur Rahman said yesterday.
Dr Yunus has thought up a new model of micro-credit to eliminate poverty of crores of people but it is a regret that this legendary person has become a victim of the state mechanism, he told a human chain before the capital's Jatiya Press Club.
Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Desh Bachao Manush Bachao Andolon, a pro-BNP organisation, organised the programme.
Mahbubur, also a former army chief, termed Yunus a pride of the nation and said research works had been carried out in many parts of the world on the life and activities of him (Yunus) whereas his own state hatched conspiracies against him.
"There is no example of humiliating a noble laureate in the world," he said, adding that the 16 crore people of Bangladesh were with Yunus to prevent the conspiracies.