"I will do politics as long as the countrymen want me."

-- Khaleda Zia
BNP Chairperson

Said in a teleconference with expatriate Bangladeshis in Japan, on Thursday. Source: The Daily Star

"At the beginning I started it with great enthusiasm. But now I have realised the reality. I have realised that corruption is too sticky."

-- Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury
Chairman, Anti-Corruption Commission

Said at a press briefing, on Thursday. Source: Prothom Alo

"We do not do anything out of anger ... We will not be able to set all the examples as we are an interim government."

-- Barrister Mainul Hosein
Law and Public Works Adviser

Told reporters after the Supreme Court judgment on Rangs Bhaban was announced, on Thursday. Source: The Daily Star

"The structure is so rickety that if there is a storm outside we feel as if it is going on inside."

-- MA Majid
Nurse-in-charge, Emergency, Mitford Hospital

Told a reporter about the bad shape of emergency section of the hospital, on Sunday. Source: The Daily Star

"Water level is decreasing but not my hunger."

-- Bahatun
A flood-hit old woman

Told a reporter as she took shelter on the Ratankandi dam of Kazipur in Sirajganj to escape flood, on Saturday. Source: Prothom Alo

Compiled by Durdana Ghias