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"Earlier I promised that I will not take part in the national polls without the participation of all political parties…..I kept my promise. All parties did not come in election. So, I am not taking part in the polls."
HM ERSHAD
Jatiya Party Chairman
Announced on 3rd December at a press conference in his Banani office that his party would not participate in the upcoming national election

"Whatever their differences, political leaders on both sides must halt their destructive brinkmanship, which is pushing Bangladesh dangerously close to a major crisis."
NAVI PILLAY
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Said in a statement issued from Geneva on 1st December

"A behind-the-curtain dialogue is going on. If it yields a positive outcome, people of the country will get some respite. And if anything as such happens, the opposition leaders will no longer stay behind bars."
OBAIDUL QUADER
Communications Minister
Told a press conference at the secretariat that all the opposition leaders will be released if BNP reaches a consensus with Awami League

"This country doesn't belong to any person, party or a quarter. We, the people, are the owners of the country…. So no one will be allowed to play with 16 crore people of the country including its nine crore voters."
DR KAMAL HOSSAIN
Chief of Gonofourm
While addressing a rally at the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital

"The key to sustainable peace in Afghanistan in 2014 and beyond is an inclusive political settlement. I… urge all the stakeholders to seize this moment and join hands to support peace efforts. It is imperative to reverse the destructive cycle of conflict."
NAWAZ SHARIF
Pakistani Prime Minister
Expressed his support to Afghan efforts to seek peace with the Taliban as he visited Kabul for talks with President Hamid Karzai