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“I told him, 'Sometimes you get too overboard. Behave yourself. To do politics you must mend your ways. ”
SAIFUR RAHMAN
finance minister
asked about his son Naser Rahman. Newspaper reports suggest that Naser has not paid any heed to his father yet.

“I want to talk to you. I have also some agony. ”
MA AZIZ
Chief election commissioner (CEC).
to a group of journalists.

“No one has been able to leave this party with dignity. ”
OLI AHMED
former minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) MP
about his own party.
I am not obliged to carry out Tareq Rahman's orders…the fight against Mafias and Godfathers will continue," he has said. Tareq is Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's son.

“ I was not pleased that Hamas has refused to announce its desire to destroy Israel.”
GEORGE BUSH
President of the US.

“Those who are demonstrating in the area don't know who their leaders are and we have a difficult situation there.”
HAFIZUDDIN AHMED
commerce minister
about the workers who are agitating for better wages in Dhaka's export processing zone.

“If Brazil wins the Cup, I'll give a feast with a cow, four goats and sweatmeats.”
MOHAMMAD HANIF
trader
in Aminbazar, 30 kilometres west of Dhaka.

QUOTATIONS ARE TAKEN FROM DIFFERENT LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPERS.
Compiled by: AHMEDE HUSSAIN

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