"We are still surviving because we have not meddled into giving directions. Had we done so, we would have been in power. But then all the guns would have been pointed at us and we would have been finished"

-- Gen Moeen U Ahmed
Army Chief

Said at a seminar at Hotel Radisson, on Tuesday. Source: The Daily Star

"Those who are hatching the minus two conspiracy are the enemies of democracy and democratic politics"

-- Khaleda Zia
BNP Chairperson

Said at a Jubo Dal meeting in New York over phone over suggestions of her quitting the post of the chairperson, on Sunday.

Source: The Daily Star

"It is not their duty to get involved in politics or to break up and build political parties"

-- Sheikh Hasina
Awami League Chief

Told reporters after visiting noted singer Sabina Yasmin at a city hospital, on Sunday. Source: The Daily Star

"It has violated all norms of journalism. The news was published only to undermine me and the office of the speaker"

-- Speaker Jamiruddin Sirkar

Said at a press conference at his official residence to counter a news item published in The Daily Star about his drawing Tk 28 lakh medical bill ignoring official objection, on Thursday. Source: The Daily Star

"I do not know whether the two leaders are kept in confinement. But I don't think it's necessary to keep them confined. They aren't threat to the country"

-- MA Matin
Communications Adviser

Told reporters, on Wednesday. Source: The Daily Star

"I want to devote the rest of my life to the welfare of the people of Chittagong, especially Fatikchhari, my own area"

-- Justice Faisal Mahmud Faizee

Told UNB after resigning as a justice of High Court of Supreme Court who allegedly tampered with his LLB certificate, on Friday. Source: The Daily Star

"But thank God it's all over now"

-- Mohammad Yasin
A passenger of Biman

Told reporters after a flight of Biman from Dubai was forced to hover in the sky for about half an hour due to wheel trouble before landing in Chittagong, on Sunday. Source: The Daily Star

Compiled by Durdana Ghias