Hasan slams Yunus for receiving award from Israeli sculptor

Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud on Thursday described Yunus Centre's "lying" and Professor Muhammad Yunus' receiving an award from an Israeli sculptor "very unfortunate", reports UNB.
"I am very surprised.....it's very unfortunate," he told reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
He said there was no single word of protest from Prof Yunus when people including children and women are killed in Gaza and when there is crimes against humanity.
"In this situation in Gaza, Prof Yunus received an award from an Israeli. What is this? What does it mean? Is it not supporting Israeli killings in Gaza?" Hasan asked.
He said Prof Yunus was not awarded by the UNESCO but it was lies spread by Yunus Centre.
Hasan said it is not the first time Yunus Centre did it but they did spread same falsehoods in the past.
Earlier, Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury on Wednesday said the UNESCO did not confer "The Tree of Peace" award to Nobel laureate Professor Yunus.
Mohibul, who is also the Chairman of the Bangladesh UNESCO Commission, made the statement to reporters at the Bangladesh Secretariat.