UNB stands by its Walker story

A news item released by a news agency quoting a Foreign Office spokesman regarding an interview with British High Commissioner in Dhaka David Walker drew the attention of UNB.

True to its repute, UNB ran the interview story maintaining absolute objectivity and fairness. In the interview the High Commissioner was not at all quoted as saying: "By dint of being a donor a country has the right to interfere in the internal affairs of another country."

Days after the interview was published, UNB received no rejoinder or clarification from the British High Commission that David Walker was misquoted in any part of the interview.

At one point of the interview, Walker said diplomats quite rightly are not supposed to get involved in internal affairs of any country. "But, I think, diplomats, particularly from donor countries and development partners of Bangladesh, have legitimate interest in the situation because so much of taxpayers money is being used in Bangladesh."

The United News of Bangladesh, which has a reputation of objectivity and fairness in doing journalism, firmly stands by its report.