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"Voicebox"

"We have received proof that Sayedee was involved in killing, rape, other kinds of torture, looting and arson in Pirojpur when the Liberation War was going on."
MOTIUR RAHMAN
Investigator
On finding evidence of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee's involvement in war crimes during the 1971 Liberation War.

"When I raised the Bangladeshi flag on the Everest summit, I felt like the happiest person in the whole world."
MA MUHIT
Member
Bangla Mountaineering and Trekking Club (BMTC)
After becoming the second Bangladeshi to climb the highest mountain of the world.

"Bangladesh PM was badly advised."
DR MUHAMMAD YUNUS
Nobel laureate
On Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's criticism and accusation against him and Grameen Bank.

"The biggest threat is not climate change…biggest threat is violence and instability. Political mistrust and the threat of confrontation run deep. The country can not afford to return to the politics of deep-seated division and violence of the past."
STEPHEN EVANS
British High Commissioner in Dhaka
On the current political state of Bangladesh.

"We have started a culture of exporting our internal protests and conflicts at foreign airports and hotels."
DR WAHIDUDDIN MAHMUD
Economist
At the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHEM) conference on the recent comments and complaints of some politicians of Bangladesh made in foreign lands.

"Bangladesh does not have any indigenous population."
IQBAL AHMED
First secretary
Bangladesh Mission in New York
Protesting a UN study report that says the government has not done enough to implement the Chittagong Hill Tracts peace accord at a United Nations special session.

 

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