"Our advisers [to Hasina] talk in such a way on the issues of Tipaimukh dam, transit and Teesta river water sharing that it seems they are advisers to the Indian premier and the Indian government."
RASHED KHAN MENON
Workers Party president
about advisers of the government for speaking "in favour of India”.

"Disarray is a very soft word for what has been done to the constitution. It needs a stronger and stricter word."
SYED ABUL MAQSUD
columnist and writer
about the changes made in the constitution.

"Are these advisers citizens of Bangladesh or of India? They do not speak for Bangladesh, they speak for India. Where do they come from? We do not need these advisers."
HM ERSHAD
Jatiya Party chairman
about advisers of the government for speaking "in favour of India”

".No country can progress obeying the directives and conditions imposed by the donors."
SHEIKH HASINA
prime minister
about building a self-reliant and self-dependent nation through scientific research on agriculture.

"She had threatened to maim the government but she walks like a cripple now."
MONZUR QUADER QURAISHI
Awami League lawmaker
about the BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's gait.

"It's a small team coming and going and what I read in newspaper about bases and all sorts of things, I think that was very creative. It has no bases."
DAN MOZENA
US ambassador to Bangladesh
about BBC's report which quotes US Pacific Commander Admiral Robert Willard as saying at a Congressional hearing that US has special forces assist teams in South Asia including Bangladesh.