Voicebox

"We must regain our standing in the world, which we can only achieve if we communicate with one another, share and exchange information and ideas, and cooperate (with each other) to make coordinated individual and collective efforts."
FAKHRUDDIN AHMED
Chief Adviser
at the 22nd Convocation of Islamic University of Technology .

"I was also assured by the military leadership that they will ensure that the forthcoming election will be free, fair and credible and there will be no intervention and interference in any political process."
BAN KI-MOON
UN Secretary-General
was speaking at a press conference in Dhaka last week.

“I want to assure the voters that we will do everything possible so they can go to polling centres without having any fear, and also can return home safely after casting their votes.”
ATM SHAMSUL HUDA
chief election commissioner.

"Confrontational politics, as we have seen, never goes forward. It rather hinders economy and affects social relationship."
RASHED KHAN MENON
president
Workers Party.

"It's imperative to introduce policies requisite for establishing nuclear power plant in Bangladesh immediately."
Dr DEBAPRIYA BHATTACHARYA
permanent representative of Bangladesh to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and United Nations offices in Geneva.

"We can overcome our political crisis. But if we fail to meet our electricity demand, it would be difficult to avoid an economic crisis. "
ANNISUL HUQ
president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

"Most are likely to be neutral, just living there without doing any harm or good."
Dr VALERIE CURTIS
director of the Hygiene Centre at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
about bacteria species.
A recent study has found that human hands harbour far higher numbers of bacteria species than originally thought. It also says that women have a greater range of different types of bacteria on the palms of their hands than men.

"We can overcome our political crisis. But if we fail to meet our electricity demand, it would be difficult to avoid an economic crisis."
ANNISUL HUQ
president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

"Most are likely to be neutral, just living there without doing any harm or good.
Dr VALERIE CURTIS
director of the Hygiene Centre at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
about bacteria species.
A recent study has found that human hands harbour far higher numbers of bacteria species than originally thought. It also says that women have a greater range of different types of bacteria on the palms of their hands than men.

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