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“Bangladesh! Bangladesh!”
Crowd at the Bangabandhu National Stadium
on the second one-day match between Bangladesh and India.
Bangladesh won the match by 15 runs.

“The subject is extremely sensitive. That's why the head of gynecology has kept it at his quarters.”
KHALEDA BEGUM
staff nurse
Chuadanga Sadar Hospital
asked about the file of a rape victim.

“The stolen goats worth $1,300.”
Newsreport on Malaysian prime minister's goats.
Thirteen Australian goats given to the Malaysian premier by a businessman were stolen during Christmas Eve.

“I don't know why the terrorists haven't poisoned our food supply yet, because it's easy to do.”
TOMMY THOMPSON
US Health and Human Services secretary.

“They are ethnic Europeans. They cannot be Asians.”
MAHATHIR MOHAMMAD
former Malaysian premier
saying that Australia should not be included in the East Asia summit.

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

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