The Economist did already break the fact in their 2nd March issue with this statement,
"….Sheikh Hasina had long before come to think that she herself was due the prize: not for microcredit-anything but for signing the Chittagong Hill Tracts treaty, also in 1997, which brought an end to almost two decades of fighting. Egged on by sycophants, she sent senior civil servants around the world to lobby for her nomination, unsuccessfully. Instead, suddenly, Mr Yunus had become by far the most famous Bangladeshi in the world, usurping even the prime minister's late father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who led the country to Independence in 1971. According to those who know her personally, this was a bitter pill for Sheikh Hasina to swallow."
The only missing link in this news by Economist is that there was no independent confirmation of the fact by any spokesperson of the government or the Prime Minister. That confirmation was obtained by the press today. In a press conference following the High Court verdict regarding the removal of Dr Yunus, the Attorney General, lead lawyer of the state, asserted that,
"…Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and adivasi leader Santu Larma should have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, for their contribution in establishing peace in the hills."
Even without all these press reports, an overwhelming majority of Bangladeshis knew it very clearly that the prime reason behind these shameful handling of Dr Yunus by the government is Prime Minister's jealousy and inability to tolerate any other Bangladeshi, except herself and her deceased father, held in high esteem by the populace. People of Bangladesh know all along that this is all about jealousy/ Hingsha and vandetta. Even the LA Times eluded to this theory of 'Hinghsha'…
Hasina, Santu should win Nobel Peace prize: AG
The Attorney General, Mahbubey Alam, said on Tuesday that the prime minister,
Sheikh Hasina, and Chittagong Hill Tracts Regional Council chairman Jyotirindra
Bodhipriya Larma, should be given the Nobel Peace Prize for bringing peace to
the hill districts by signing a peace treaty in 1997.
'Why give so much importance to Yunus' Nobel prize, if anybody in Bangladesh
deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, they are, I will say, Sheikh Hasina and Santu
Larma, because they brought peace in the hill districts where no one could enter
before without the help of the army,' Mahbubey Alam told reporters.
'Does Hasina and Larma's not winning the Nobel Peace Prize belittle their
contributions to bringing peace to Chittagong Hill Tracts?' Mahbubey Alam
asked.
In this context he said that Nobel laureates Mother Teresa and form South
African president Nelson Mandela had won the peace prize for what they did, not
for the positions or offices they held.
'There was no link between Yunus' winning the Nobel prize and becoming the
managing director of the Grameen Bank,' Mahbubey Alam said. 'The Nobel
committee only considers someone's contribution to peace.''Did Yunus' Nobel certificate mention that he won the prize being a managing
director,' the attorney general questioned.
When asked whether Yunus' activities between 1999 and 2011 should be
considered valid or not, Mahbubey Alam said, 'The question was not raised in
the present case, if any one raises the issue in future the court will
answer.'
In the case, the court ruled only that the Bangladesh Bank's March 2 order
which informed the Grameen Bank's board of directors that Yunus was relieved
of the responsibility was legal.
http://newagebd.com/newspaper1/frontpage/10900.html
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