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"Most of the websites are there just to be there. They do not do anything to help the people or organisations."
MUSTAFA JABBAR
president of Bangladesh Computer Samity
about government-run websites.

"The chairperson whitened her white money following the NBR [National Board of Revenue] circular titled White Money Whitening under SRO [Statutory Regulatory Order] 98, 2007. "
AHMED AZAM KHAN
a member of Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson's advisory council
about the news that Khaleda Zia whitened 1.33 crore taka.

"If we had created another kind of business on the basis of selflessness, we could have created a different kind of world. "
MUHAMMAD YUNUS
Nobel laureate and founder of Grameen Bank.
He has also said, “Poverty is not a question of money, it is a question of structure.".

"I see myself as a British Bangladeshi of Muslim faith but also as an East ender."
RUSHANARA ALI
Labour MP from the Bethnal Green & Bow constituency.

Cartoon by Tanmoy

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