::: Star Weekend Magazine :::

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“How much blood would it take to fulfil the greed
of the mother and the son?”
SHEIKH HASINA
Leader of the opposition on hearing the news of slain AL-leader shah AMS Kibria's death.

“At a time when the government, with the support of people is taking tough measures against terrorists, such an attack is part of a deep conspiracy against the country.”
KHALEDA ZIA
Prime Minister

“The government of Japan hopes that the people of Bangladesh will be united to overcome political violence and restore law and order.”
Japanese Foreign Ministry

“I now feel that we should have taken the threats seriously.”
IQBAL HOSSAIN
AL leader AMS Kibria's cousin saying that the leader had received several death threats on phone.

“The AL has hatched the conspiracy to use violence to trigger off anti government backlash ahead of the SAARC summit aimed at foiling it as well as toppling the coalition government.”
A BNP policymaker
in an interview with the Daily star.

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Compiled by: AHMEDE HUSSAIN. Quotes can be sent to <[email protected]>
Cartoon : MUSTAFA ZAMAN