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| Wednesday, 21 January 2004 |
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"Smear campaign" damaging Bangladesh's image DHAKA, Tuesday (AFP) A leading German businessman told Bangladeshi politicians their behavior toward each other was tarnishing their country's image. Peter Clasen, chairman of the OAV-German Asia-Pacific Business Association, said ruling and opposition politicians seemed "unaware of the harm they do to the image of Bangladesh abroad by the way they sometimes act in domestic politics." Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina Wajed, leader of Bangladesh's main opposition Awami League party, have a bitter, personal rivalry. Occasionally, Clasen told members of the Bangladesh-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry that politicians used tactics "tantamount to a smear campaign." "The image of Bangladesh in Germany and in the German business community especially ... is heavily affected, with your country being reported to be one of the worst places to do business with... " he said. |
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