"I meant Abul is in town."
AMA MUHITH
finance minister
retracting from his earlier comment 'Abul is down' after the former Information and Communication Technology minister Abul Hossain resigned last week.

"He has guts, he has patriotism … that's why he could resign."
SHEIKH HASINA
prime minister about former Information and Communication Technology minister Abul Hossain's resignation.

"If anyone can become a patriot by indulging in corruption, then the definition of patriotism will have to be changed. The prime minister should have called him [Abul] 'shameless'."
KHANDAKER MOSHARRAF HOSSAIN
BNP standing committee member
about prime minister's remarks on former Information and Communication Technology minister Abul Hossain.

"Not only the public, even the roads and highways of the country are not with this grand alliance government."
KADER SIDDIQUI
chairman of Krishak Sramik Janata League
about the present government

"Telling the ambassador for duty free access is just wasting of your time."
DAN W MOZENA
US Ambassador
terming the issue of duty free access as a political process

 

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