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"I call upon the people to remain alert..
SHEIKH HASINA
prime minister
cautioning people against possible political
rowdiness, militancy and
bomb attacks.

"The name and uniform of BDR will be changed. The committee we formed with the BDR director general as its head is still working on it."
FARUK KHAN
commerce minister.
He has also said, "We have received a brief proposal from the director general. A final proposal will be prepared after fine-tuning the initial proposal."”

"I said I was at the High Court. I watched the news on television though."
ABDUR RAZZAQ
barrister and Jamaat-e-Islami leader
on what he was doing during the bloody BDR mutiny in February.
He was quizzed last week for his alleged phone conversation with some of the rebels.

"The lake is identified as a lake in the Dhaka Metropolitan Development Plan (DMDP) and the layout of the lake is in accordance with Wetland Conservation Act."
ABU HASAN MORTUZA
Town Planner
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha
Abdul Haq, who claims he owns that piece of land, said, "It is not a lake, it is just a lowland under several feet of water."

"So I want the American people to understand that we have a clear and focused goal: to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al-Qaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and to prevent their return to either country in the future."
BARACK OBAMA
US president.

"I am using mosquito coil, insect spray and even electric coil simultaneously but these are helping me very little."
RAHMAN
a resident of Kalshi, Mirpur.
the Dhaka City Corporation's mosquito eradication drive ended on February 23.

"It's an amazing experience for everybody to play football in front of such a big crowd. It's nice to see the fans who have come to the ground. Now we hope the game will regularly roll into the ground and the crowd will make it habit to watch the football."
ARMAN AZIZ
captain
Mohammedan, which won this year's Citycell Super Cup.

"We will continue our attacks until the Pakistan government stops supporting the Americans."
BAITULLAH MEHSUD
Pakistan Taleban chief,
claiming responsibility for last week's deadly attack on a police academy in Lahore, Pakistan.

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