Lawyer threatens to sue The Daily Star
Demands 'Dr' before his name
A Supreme Court lawyer has threatened that he can get the licence of The Daily Star cancelled through initiating a case against it, as the newspaper does not use "Dr" before his name in news reports involving him.
Advocate Eunus Ali Akond said he was much more qualified than Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus and more brilliant than crores of journalists, but they (journalists) could not appreciate him.
“The Daily Star writes 'Dr' before the name of Prof Yunus, but does not use it before my name, which is illegal and derogatory for me,” he told reporters covering assignments at the Supreme Court on Wednesday. “I have laws in my hands to have the newspaper's licence cancelled,” he said.
Eunus has recently become very known to lawyers and court reporters after he moved some public interest cases, including the ones regarding the crisis at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet), admission tests at medical and dental colleges, and Hall-Mark loan scam.
“Which newspaper are you working for?” Eunus Ali asked this correspondent at the media-room of Supreme Court Bar Association on Wednesday.
When the correspondent replied, the lawyer said he could sue the reporter as well as the newspaper, as he (reporter) did not write "Dr" before his name.
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