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Download PDF Nobel Laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus is already in controversy in Bangladesh for his role. Now, possibly he has added a new dimension to his ‘character’ during his just concluded Abu Dhabi tour.
According to newspaper reports, Dr. Yunus, during his Middle East tour met Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, the owner of Dhabi group and proposed him to set up a world-class medical college hospital in Bangladesh. Yunus even proposed the name of the hospital as ‘Nahayan-Yunus Medical College Hospital’.
Many of the Bangladeshi intellectuals are raising eye borrows at such a shameless attitude of the Nobel Laureate, who is continuing to expose a face of ‘fame monger’.
But, there is other side of the coin. Extremely interesting stories about Yunus’s Abu Dhabi tour is gradually coming out. It is learnt from various sources that, main reason of Dr. Yunus’ tour was to reach into a kind of secret understanding with Dhabi Group, which is set to introduce cell phone services in Bangladesh under title ‘Warid Telecom’, for not reducing call rates too much nor to offer shares of the company in the Bangladesh share market.
Dr. Yunus has also special assignment from other cell phone operators in Bangladesh to convince the Arab Sheikh is joining the Cell-Phone Operators Syndicate in keeping the call charges to certain level (at least above TK 1 per minute), so that they will be able to continue their most profitable business without any tough competition. On the other hand, Dr. Yunus might have also given an idea to the policy makers of Warid Telecom about evading value added tax and income tax. It may be mentioned here that, cell phone operators in Bangladesh are reportedly evading billions of Taka each year. According to figure, only Grameen Phone has a total number of over 20 million subscribers. Since introduction of ‘Pre-paid phone service’, the company has been charging TK. 7 on every minute of outgoing call. On the other hand, the company has deducted value added tax and other taxes from the customers. In this case, Grameen Phone has collected a few billion of Taka from the customers as VAT, which they did not finally pay to the national exchequer. Same thing is happening with other cell phone operators like Aktel, Banglalink and Citycell.
It was reported in the press that Warid Telecom is planning to charge less than TK. 1 for each minute outgoing call, when their services will commence in Bangladesh. On the other hand, a number of applications for establishing cell phone services are pending with the government. But, the well-organized syndicate of the existing cell phone operators are doing everything to either delay or sabotage all new comers in the business. When they are seeing that, it was impossible for them to stop Warid Telecom, top management of the Cell Phone Syndicate assigned Dr. Yunus to visit Abu Dhabi and have secret meeting with the owners of Dhabi Group in order to ensure that this new comer does not introduce any ‘revolutionary’ rate, which might force all other mobile phone companies in reducing their existing rates.
It is important to recall that the Nobel laureate’s Grameen Phone was charging TK. 7 per minute from each its customers, till former Sheba Telecom was bought by Orasscom and a revolutionary rate was introduced by Banglalink. But, by that time Dr. Yunus and his Norwegian partners have virtually looted the Bangladeshi customers by cashing billions of Taka each month from the highest call rate in the world.
According to several statistics, cell phone operators in Bangladesh are still charging highest rates in comparing to other cell phone services even in the rich countries. On the other hand, the Bangladesh cell phone companies are virtually cheating the customers with their word called ‘Post-Paid’ and ‘Pre-Paid’. Although in both cases, the customers are required to pay their call charges well in advance, the cell phone operators are still charging a monthly line rent on each of the so-called Post-Paid phone.
Terming the ‘Post-Paid’ service as a clean fraud, one of the existing customers of Banglalink told this correspondent that, the government needs to take immediate steps in ending such fraud by the cell phone operators who are terming the service as ‘Post-Paid’ although the entire charge is paid to the operators in the name of security deposit. In this case, there is virtually no difference between any post paid or pre paid service. Cell phone companies are continuing to befool the customers with a mere word like ‘Post-paid’ and cashing millions of Taka each month as line rent. Such fraud should be definitely combated and the liable cell operators should be heavily penalized for such public fraud.
Taken from: http://www.weeklyblitz.net/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1172608240&archive=&start_from=&ucat=2
Thanks to: Ashraf
August 26th, 2008 at 2:26 am
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May 9th, 2008 at 8:03 am
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March 4th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
Noble laureate Yunus is a Milestone for Bangladesh & the whole world aware of it. So, Let’s avoid all negative coments against Yunus. Because every one even me have some negatives.
July 24th, 2007 at 6:41 am
i completely agree that Dr. Younus is a soldier of capitalism…
ENJOY CAPITALISM!!
April 19th, 2007 at 11:00 pm
So far i understand Dr,Younus is not a genuine person and he is playing a bad role with Bangladesh innocent poor people.he is earning a money from grameen phone , grameen Bank . up to now grameen bank doesnt make any good role for poor people . they collect lot of interest more than 30% . So you can understand what role done by grameen bank for poor people
April 14th, 2007 at 7:53 pm
So far i understand Dr,Younus is not a genuine person and he is playing a good role with Bangladesh poor people.
March 22nd, 2007 at 4:54 pm
poverty is the key to control our developing country.power or people Bangladesh is so deep that they realized the true fact for to become lime light.
when we are thinking about our bangladesh then a laureate is thinking to build his name instead of bangladesh.I guess, he need to change the name of our bangladesh into “yunus”……………..shame for us who are sushil society are frake for developing bangladesh.
People of Bangladesh know how to fight.every success we can able to bring over dishonesty and lies.
he is the great corrupted and dynamic theif in for our country,its shame for us not him,to given birth to him on this land.
God with us.
March 22nd, 2007 at 4:50 pm
poverty is the key to control our developing country.power or people Bangladesh is so deep that they realied the true fact for limelight.
when we are thinking about our bangladesh then a laureate is thinking to build his name instead of bangladesh.I guess, he need to change the name of our bangladesh into “yunus”……………..shame for us who are sushil society are frake for developing bangladesh.
People of Bangladesh know how to fight.every success we can able to bring over dishonesty and lies.
he is the great corrupted and dynamic theif in for our country,its shame for us not him,to given birth to him on this land.
God with us.
March 10th, 2007 at 4:28 pm
I am sure it’s gossip or Dr. Yunus is a kid.
February 28th, 2007 at 3:59 pm
@Lopa:
if its really baseless i feel we should find him fileing a case against the newspaper.