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"We again urge Khaleda Zia and leaders of the four-party coalition to shun the politics of hartal. We hope that they will come out from the culture of destructive politics for the sake of development of the country."
MAHBUBUL ALAM HANIF
joint general secretary
Awami League.

"Human beings have both sides. I am not saying there are selfish people and there are selfless people. All I am saying is, selfishness is as strong as selflessness; or selflessness is as strong as selfishness in every human being. But selflessness remains dormant because of the practice of the capitalist theory."
MUHAMMAD YUNUS
Nobel laureate and founder of Grameen Bank.

"People's aspiration is reflected in the recently held Chittagong City Corporation elections and the cent percent successful hartal programme."
KHANDAKER DELWAR HOSSAIN
secretary general
Bangladesh Nationalist Party.

"We have to think about the people of the area and loss of lands before going for extracting coal from the mine."
SHEIKH HASINA
prime minister.

"We think the BTRC is doing well to build digital Bangladesh."
HASANUL HAQUE INU
chief of the parliamentary standing committee on post and telecommunications ministry.
BTRC stands for Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission.

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