"I was elected the chairperson by the council. Anyone can contest for the post and even become chairperson of the party if the council elects [him/her]"

-- Khaleda Zia
BNP Chairperson

Said in an exclusive interview with The Daily Star about the call for her to leave the top post of the part, on Monday. Source: The Daily Star

"Khelafat Majlish came to us promising a secular policy. And the deal no longer exists"

-- Sheikh Hasina
Awami League President

Said in a meeting with party leaders at the Bangabandhu Bhaban defending herself on the memorandum of understanding with the religion-based party, on Saturday. Source: The Daily Star

"It is not a matter of coercion"

-- MA Matin
Communication adviser

Told reporters when asked whether the government is forcing political parties to reform, on Tuesday. Source: The Daily Star

"From whatever I could know, former prime minister Khaleda Zia had the consent to the JMB activities. Her son Tarique Rahman had been supporting the vigilante activities of the militants and state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar never helped me fight the JMB"

-- Nur Mohammad
Inspector General of Police

Told a reporter based on his memories when he was a helpless deputy inspector general of police of Rajshahi who witnessed the rise of Bangla Bhai under the cover of government and law enforcing agencies, on Wednesday. Source: The Daily Star

"I feel frightened when I go to inspect the ongoing work of the park's beautification"

-- Abul Hasnat
Executive engineer, DCC

Told a reporter about the Osmani Udyan which is currently under the grips of vagabonds, beggars, drug peddlers and other antisocial elements, on Thursday. Source: The Daily Star

"Bangladeshis have the right to know why people have been picked up, what are the charges against them, why they cannot travel and why they cannot leave the country"

-- Patricia A Butenis
Outgoing US Ambassador

Said in an interview with UNB at US embassy, on Monday.

Source: The Daily Star

"This cannot go unpunished. Pakistan's propaganda denying the genocide of 1971 cannot go on"

-- Akku Chowdhury
Trustee, Liberation War Museum

Said at the inaugural ceremony of Jalladkhana, a killing field and torture chamber of Pakistan Army at Mirpur, excavated and renovated by Liberation War Museum, on Thursday. Source: The Daily Star

Compiled by Durdana Ghias