Voicebox

"If you (AL and BNP) amend the constitution, restore the presidential form and then contest together an election against me, I will win. This is my challenge."
HM ERSHAD
chairman of Jatiya Party
challenging the ruling Awami League and the main opposition BNP that the two parties combined would not be able to defeat him in a presidential election.

"Through the walkout, they proved that they returned to the parliament just to retain their membership and ensure their salaries and allowances."
TOFAIL AHMED
AL lawmaker
criticising BNP for walking out of the parliament within two hours of attending the parliament after remaining absent from 83 consecutive sitting since March last year.

"If you (the Home Minister) do that (offer an apology), we will play a role in making the parliament effective. There is no shame in offering an apology. It will rather improve the government's image."
MOUDUD AHMED
BNP lawmaker
demanding that Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir apologise in parliament for ordering a ban on meetings and rallies.

"No one, who has been an MP for a long time, can keep themselves off this process, regardless of whether they belong to Awami Leage or BNP."
QAMRUL ISLAM
state minister for law
stating that the involvement of both AL and BNP lawmakers in grabbing khas land remains a major obstacle towards ensuring poor people's right to land.

"The officials compelled players to throw the match. The night before the match, the players would sit with the team officials in Sanwar's room. He would make the deals through a foreign liaison officer."
MOHAMMAD RAFIQUE
former Bangladesh cricketer and bowling coach of the Dhaka Gladiators during the Bangladesh Premiere League (BPL).
admitting that officials of the Dhaka Gladiators, including ex-cricketer and manager of the team Sanwar Hossain, compelled their players to throw a match during the second season of the BPL.

"I have done a lot of mistakes in my life, and, for the sake of cricket, I have decided to tell everyone the truth. I hope the country forgives me for what have I done."
MOHAMMAD ASHRAFUL
ex-captain of the Bangladesh Cricket Team
apologising for his involvement in spot-fixing during the second season of the BPL.

"Was there a multi-party system in the Arab Spring countries?"
RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN
prime minister of Turkey
rejecting talks of a Turkish Spring. Heavy-handed police response to a local outcry against plans to redevelop Gezi Park, a rare green spot near Taksim, resulted to anti-government protests across Turkey.