Foreign minister Hasan Mahmud alleged on Tuesday that Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus had called upon the international community to 鈥榠nterfere in Bangladesh鈥檚 internal issue, terming his call as an 鈥榓nti-state鈥� act.
Blaming the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jamaat-e-Islami for deadly violence during the anti-quota student protests, he said that Professor Yunus did not condemn attacks on state properties in his statement.
鈥楽uch a statement is unfortunate and unexpected from a respected personality like Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus. His call to聽 international community for interfering in Bangladesh鈥檚 internal issue is an anti-state act,鈥� Hasan said while briefing reporters on his ministry鈥檚 initiatives against 鈥榬umours鈥� being spread at home and abroad about the country鈥檚 overall situation .
He said that the statement was condemnable.
Bangladeshi Nobel peace prize laureate Muhammad Yunus urged the international community on Monday to stop the deadly violence that wracked his country since students started protesting against civil service hiring rules, reported Agence France-Presse from Dhaka on Monday.
鈥業 urgently call on world leaders and the United Nations to do everything within their powers to end the violence against those who are exercising their rights to protest,鈥� the 83-year-old said in a statement.
鈥楾here must be investigations into the killings that have taken place already,鈥� he added in his first public comments since the unrest began as reported by the AFP.