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"He is like my elder brother and my respect for him is eternal. I worked with him closely for long. He was CCC mayor for long 17 years and gathered huge experience which I need most. "
MD MANJURUL ALAM
Chittagong City Corporation Mayor
about outgoing Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury.

"No concession will be made to anyone in this regard."
SHEIKH HASINA
prime minister
about encroachments of rivers and canals
as quoted by her Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad.

" Calling hartals may be a right of a political party but it is also my right not to observe it. If pickets vandalise my vehicle on hartal day on the street, it will be a violation of my constitutional rights."
MUJIB-UL-HAQUE CHUNNU
Jatiya Party lawmaker
who has placed a bill in the parliament that seek punishment for those who force people to observe strike.

" We all know how the French are, and Platini is French, and he believes he is better than rest."
DIEGO MARADONA
Argentina Coach
about former French footballer Michel Platini.

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