Dhaka, Oct. 13 -- Jamaat-e-Islami's Nayeb-e-Ameer Syed Abdullah Md Taher has condemned and protested the "harassment" of Muhammad Yunus, former chief advisor to the interim government, upon his arrival in the United States.

In a statement on Tuesday afternoon, he said: "By humiliating Dr Yunus, a Nobel laureate respected by the world, Bangladesh as a state and all its citizens have been humiliated and belittled in the eyes of the world.

"To uphold the country's dignity on the world stage, it is not appropriate for anyone to conduct such reprehensible activities with respected people of the country on foreign soil, which is what the fascists' accomplices have done. Everyone should refrain from such behaviour."

Several leaders of the Awa...