"Jamaat did not commit any crime by trying
to resist the division of Pakistan."
Nazmul
Huda
Minister for Communication, while speaking as the Special Guest
at a three-day members conference of Islami Chhatra Shibir on
December 30, 2003.
"I
cannot think of a public meeting in Feni without Hazari."
Tofail Ahmed
Awami League central leader speaking at a public meeting in
front of the Shaheed Minar.
"It
is the Awami League which frequently use the term 'minority'."
Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia
addressing a gathering at Jessore.
"Do
your job right or quit."
Attorney general AF Hasan Arif
while chastising government lawyers for their poor performance
that has resulted in the granting of bail to hardcore criminals
including their sentences for life inprisonment.
"We
didn't go to the parliament for this situation. If all the power
rests with only one person, what was the problem with a President-ruled
government?"
Former president HM Ershad
at the Jatiya Party's founding anniversary
"We
couldn't trace the businessman in spite of intense searches.
I have heard they are involved in Hundi business."
Chowdhury Monjurul Kabir
Additional Police Super (North), about the alleged abduction
of Zahedul Alam from Noapara in Raozan.
"Identify
the killers and send their names and addresses to me…I will
see to it that they are brought to book."
Dr. Kamal Hossain
referring to the brutal killings of eleven members of the same
family in Banshkhali .
"The
incidents of bomb blasts are slightly on the rise; but we are
also not sitting idle."
DIG MA Aziz
of Khulna range on the rising incidents of bomb blasts in Khulna.
"The
trade unions will have to be organised, peaceful and welfare-oriented."
Finance Minister Saiful Rahman
sharing his views on how trade organisations should function.
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