I am replying to the letter of Mr. Yousuf M Islam, PhD, Associate Professor and Director, Teaching, Learning Centre, BRAC University, dated 19 June 2007, in which he wrote about "Foreign University Branches".

In the first paragraph of his letter, he enquired why The Daily Star published the names of the illegal universities. I would like to say that the names were not published by The Daily Star, they only reported the names which the government published. So, it cannot be regarded as hearsay journalism.