Yunus seeks help in collecting info about attacks on minorities

Dhaka, Dec 5: Bangladesh interim government head Muhammad Yunus on Thursday sought the cooperation of the religious leaders in collecting accurate information about attacks on minorities and bringing the perpetrators to justice amid reports of attacks on Hindus in the country.
Speaking at a meeting of religious leaders of Bangladesh here, Chief Adviser Yunus said that the issue of attacks on minorities has come up again and there is a gap of information between the reality and the news published by foreign media.
“We want to know the accurate information and want to establish the process of getting the information,” he was quoted as saying by the state-run BSS news agency.
Yunus did not specify the “foreign” media, but several of his colleagues in the interim cabinet and aides have accused a section of Indian media of propagating misleading information, particularly on persecution of the Hindu community.
Addressing the meeting attended by leaders of the Muslim, Hindu, Christian and Buddhist communities, Yunus said he called the meeting as “several questions aroused in my mind seeing what the (foreign) media reports and hearing what people are saying” and sought the religious leaders cooperation and suggestions in collecting “accurate information” and addressing the issue.
B’desh to remove image of Hasina’s fatherfrom banknotes
Months after the ouster of Sheikh Hasina as prime minister, Bangladesh has begun the process of erasing the image of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman — her father and the iconic figure behind the founding of the country — from its currency notes.
Bangladesh Bank is printing new notes, including in them features of the July uprising, the Dhaka Tribune reported Thursday, referring to the student-led protests that forced Hasina to flee to India on August 5. Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus took charge as Chief Adviser, the head of an interim government. According to the central bank, banknotes of Taka 20, 100, 500, and 1,000 are being printed on the instructions of the interim government. “The new notes will not include image of ‘Bangabandhu’ Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,” the bank said. (Agencies)