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"Our permanent objective is to operate on international routes."
ABDUS SHUKUR KHALID
director of Aviana Airways
owning company of Royal Bengal, a private airlines which has declared to
start operation in the country's domestic routes.

"We are the first bank in Bangladesh to pioneer mobile based cross-border remittance to Bangladesh market."
RASHED MAQSOOD
director & head of Global Transaction Services of Citi Bangladesh
about a service which will let Bangladeshis in Malaysia to transfer money home via their mobile phones.

"We want to introduce a healthy culture of politics by holding a free and fair election."
ATM SHAMSUL HUDA
chief election commissioner.

"We support Bangladesh's commitment to a roadmap for gold-standard elections -- transparent, inclusive and fair -- before the end of 2008."
JOHN DENNIS
the Asia director of Britain's Foreign Office,
who was on a visit to Dhaka last week.

"It's not a problem," he said. "In four or five days I will be beautiful once again."
CRISTIANO RONALDO
Brazilian footballer
about his injured eyes.

"The measures are already in place and we will work closely with all parties involved."
M KHAIRUZZAMAN
Bangladeshi High Commissioner in Kuala Lumpur
about a ban on Bangladeshi workers that Malaysia has announced.

"I don't want to comment on the case of Begum Zia as it is still on trial but I want her to get justice."
ABDUL MANNAN BHUIYAN
expelled Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general.

"My job is a decision-making job, and as a result, I make a lot of decisions."
GEORGE W BUSH
president of the United States.

"To improve the quality of education, teachers have to devise effective ways to enhance the students' understanding of any subjects. Only meritorious and talented people can do that well."
ABDULLAH ABU SAYEED
educationist.

"Democracy means majority, whether there is opposition or no opposition."
PERVEZ MUSHARRAF
president of Pakistan.

Quotations Are Taken From Different Local And International Newspapers.
Compiled by: AHMEDE HUSSAIN

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