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“It's a great day for judicial system.”
FAISAL MAHMUD FAIZEE
Who took the bench last Sunday "160 days after he had stayed off the judicial work".

“We have requested the chief justice not to allocate Faizee bench until controversy regarding his LLB certificate ends. We have also informed him about our association's decision of boycotting Faizee's court.”
MAHABUBEY ALAM
president,
Supreme Court Bar Association.
The association has been boycotting Faizee's court since October 30 last year to protest the Judge's alleged tampering with his LLB exam result.

“It's not an Islamic party at all.”
PEERJADA ALHAJ MOSTAFA AMEER FAISAL MUJADDEDY
chairman
Zaker Party
Referring to Jamaat-e-Islami, which he says, has been involved in all grenade and bomb blast incidents.

“How can a government complicit in acts of political terrorism against progressive and secular forces be expected to conduct real investigation to the attack?”
SABER HOSSAIN CHOWDHURY
Awami League leader
Criticising the government's statements about the FBI's enquiry into the assassination of former minister of SAMS Kibria. Saber is doubtful that the FBI is at all conducting their own independent investigation as asserted by the government.

“Police do not need to be friends of the people, they just should not be people's enemy.”
HABIBUR RAHMAN
former judge.

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