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April 30, 2004

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“It's dishonest politics and a sign of low culture.”
KHALEQUEZZAMAN
leader of Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal on the cricket match played by BNP-men on the day Awami League tried to gherao Hawa Bhaban.

“I played cricket and my team won. I am so happy.”
TAREQUE RAHMAN
Khaleda Zia's eldest son and BNP's senior joint secretary.

“Politics is not a cricket match.”
RASHED KHAN MENON
Workers’ Party Leader.

“I even bought an entrance ticket to the platform.”
SUMON

A young man after being arrested from the Kamalapur Railway Station by police. Police have so far arrested thousands of young men, mostly innocent, under the infamous Section 54.

“Don't you know that you need a passport and a visa?”
A Policeman
after being asked if it was a crime to visit the capital by a young man whom the officer had just arrested.

“All of us are martyrs-in-waiting.”
YASEER ARAFAT
Palestinian Leader
after Israeli PM Ariel Sharon threatened to "eliminate him by force".

"This is Bush."
Iraqis put a sign on a dead donkey saying it.

"The doctor-patient relationship has to be made closer."
KHALEDA ZIA
Prime Minister while addressing the National Conference of the Doctors' Association of Bangladesh. The PM also urged the doctors to resist the "conspirators".


QUOTATIONS ARE TAKEN FROM DIFFERENT LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPERS.
Compiled by: AHMEDE HUSSAIN. Quotes can be sent to <[email protected]>


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