"Voicebox"

"It's like they have bound my hands and feet and thrown me into the water. It takes everyone — 1/11, BNP, Jamaat — to beat Shamim. That is exactly what happened here. Jamaat has put the police on its payroll. "
SHAMIM OSMAN
Awami League lawmaker
about his defeat at the Narayanganj City Corporation poll.

"I will not name the newspaper. It wrote the government imposes on people whatever it likes as it [the govt] thinks people of our country are all idiots."
MIRZA FAKHRUL ISLAM ALAMGIR
BNP acting secretary general
about how even dailies that supports government are criticising government's role in the Padma Bridge corruption.

"If you've the courage, raise your voice against the grave [of Zia], construction of a bailey bridge over Crescent Lake and a mosque and a museum, which have ruined the original design of Louis I Kahn. Nobody raised their voice then. But everyone is now speaking on radio and TV talk shows against the revised route of the metro rail."
SHEIKH HASINA
prime minister
about critics' view that the design of the parliament complex will be ruined because of the revised proposed metro rail route.

"The Election Commission has become a 'toothless tiger' after the government ignored its call to deploy army for the Narayanganj mayoral polls."
JUSTICE MOHAMMAD ABDUR ROUF
former chief election commissioner
about government's inaction to the request placed for deploying army at the Narayanganj polls.

"Well dressed, all the ministers were present in the House yesterday [Wednesday] as the prime minister was present. But today is different. The prime minister is not here. And who knows where the ministers are now and what they are doing!"
SHEIKH FAZLUL KARIM SELIM
Awami League lawmaker
about ministers' absence in the parliamentary sessions.

"Banglaesh's share market is an odd market. There is none like this in the world. Whenever I reply to something, it affects the market. It is not possible to give a reply."
ABUL MAL ABDUL MUHITH
Finance minister
about the share market of Bangladesh.