DHAKA: The interim government of Professor Muhammad Yunus refuted US National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard’s remarks on the alleged persecution of minority communities in Bangladesh saying her comments were “not based on any evidence or specific allegations”.
“They (Gabbard’s comments) paint an entire nation with a broad and unjustified brush,” the chief adviser’s office said on a verified Facebook post at around midnight Monday.
It said Gabbard’s statement in an Indian TV channel was “misleading and damaging to the image and reputation of Bangladesh, a nation whose traditional practice of Islam has been famously inclusive and peaceful and that has made remarkable strides in its fight against extremism and terrorism”.