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The latest crop of quotes from the city's press -- words worth repeating, we feel, for their humour, insight or sheer outrageousness. Star City does not necessarily support the opinions expressed in this column.
"An evil force taking the cue of a trifle incident on the Dhaka University (DU) campus on August 20 wanted to create anarchy in the country. Within 24 hours, they poured in crores of taka to instigate vandalism on the street."
-- General Moeen U Ahmed
Army Chief
Told a cross section of people at Shariatpur Circuit House justifying the imposition of curfew on Wednesday night in six divisional towns including Dhaka, on Saturday. Source: The Daily Star
"A large number of general people, mostly of poor and deprived classes, participated in the recent demonstrations to express their resentments at the caretaker government for its different activities in the last seven months."
-- Prof Emajuddin Ahmed
Former vice chancellor of Dhaka Univesrity
Told BBC Bangladesh Sanglap, on Saturday. Source: The Daily Star
"We don't like to impose censorship, but that does not mean we will not do it if necessary."
-- Mainul Hosein
Law and Information Adviser
Told reporters at his office, on Wednesday. Source: The Daily Star
"They said 'Sir, you are a patriot and so are we. We are not the Pakistani Army. We are Bangladeshis.' Then they asked him to get ready sharp."
-- Ayesha Akhter
Wife of detained DU Prof Anwar Hossain, general secretary of Dhaka University Teachers Association
Told a reporter after the DU teacher was picked up from his Fuller Road residence at midnight on the charges of breaching emergency power rules, on Friday. Source: The Daily Star
"We are not thinking of propping up our damaged huts, but of survival itself."
-- Jamaat Ali
A flood victim and landless farmer
Told a reporter while living under a shed of banana leaves on the flood protection embankment at Par Baguria village in Gaibandha, on Friday.
Source: The Daily Star
"I started for DMCH [Dhaka Medical College Hospital] at 1pm from my Elephant Road staff quarter, but I was not only stopped, but beaten up by the law enforcers in front of New Market Police Station. They even threw away my ID card."
-- Mohammad Alam
A fourth class employee of DMCH
Told a reporter after he landed the city from Sirajganj amid curfew with his nephew, a serious typhoid patient, to get him to the hospital, on Thursday. Source: The Daily Star
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