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“I cannot sleep peacefully at night.”
MIR MD NASIRUDDIN
state minister for civil aviation and tourism
claiming it is because of the 25-year-old planes Biman has been running. The national flag carrier has been in dire straight for a couple of months due to continued negligence and unabated corruption. The minister did not say if he was on medication.

"How long will to be able to survive on the blessings of pirs and fakirs?”
M SAIFUR RAHMAN
finance minister
on Biman.
"We were saved because of Hazarat ShahJalal's blessings, and again in Chittagong perhaps for Hazarat Shah Amanat's blessings," the minister informed the parliament. Both Shahjalal and Amanat are Muslim saints who came to this country to spread Islam.

“I cheated death twice.”
ANGELA GRIFFITHS
a survivor of London blasts. Griffiths boarded the bus after leaving the Tube at Edgware Road following a loud bang not knowing then that it was one of the London Underground bomb blasts. A few minutes later another explosion tore off the bus she was on. Griffiths survived the blasts.

“It is a worrying time to be a Muslim.”
KARIMUL HAQUE
a Muslim Londoner
after the London blasts.

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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