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“United States is the biggest enemy of the world's peace loving people.”
MANJARUL AHSAN KHAN
president Communist Party of Bangladesh.

“A ward boy wanted Tk 350 for a bed. As I could not afford to pay him, he said I should occupy the floor space near the store room.”
JALAL UDDIN
patient at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

“I am a simple businessman and do not know anything about it.”
DAUD AHMED CHOWDHURY
a businessman who police say has accused Shahin Sultana Shanta and her husband of extortion.
Since photographs of her beaten up by some policemen and women hit the news, Shanta has been persecuted by law enforcers.

“It remains unclear whether JMB, despite its recent setbacks, retains the ability to launch new attacks.”
A US State Department Announcement.

“Sunnis and Shiites will never destroy one another's mosques, it never happened before, it is clear as daylight that America is behind all these heinous acts.”
NUR JAHAN
a letter writer in Letters to the Editor column of the Daily Star.

“It is a feeling men will never know.”
SHAMPA REZA
actress and singer
when asked when and where she were happiest. It was when "I looked into the faces of my two sons for the first time after they emerged out of me," she said.

QUOTATIONS ARE TAKEN FROM DIFFERENT LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPERS. .
Compiled by: AHMEDE HUSSAIN. Quotes can be sent to <ahmedehussain@gmail.com>
Cartoon : MUSTAFA ZAMAN

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