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"We are ready to sit for dialogue with the opposition parties on any other issues except the 10th general elections. The dialogue now can be held only on the 11th JS polls."
SURANJIT SENGUPTA
Awami League advisory council member
Said at a programme arranged by “Noukar Somorthok Goshthi” in the city's Diploma Engineers Institute
"The statement of the Pakistan National Assembly shows that the country has not corrected itself and moved away from its 1971 policy."
HASANUL HAQ INU
Information Minister of Bangladesh
Said to journalists that the foreign office would protest the Pakistan NA move and statement of the interior minister
"Security forces and opposition militants are engaged in a vicious cycle of attacks that are leading to death, destruction, and fear. Jamaat and others in the opposition may have legitimate reasons to hold protests, but that is no excuse for the appalling levels of violence by their supporters."
BRAD ADAMS
Asia director at Human Rights Watch
Said in the statement asking Bangladeshi government to end street violence and using lethal and excessive forces while dealing with protesters
"We need the foreign workers. If we didn't have them, we would not be able to achieve our housing plans, or our public transport plans, and Singaporeans would be severely affected."
LEE HSIEN LOONG
Singaporean Prime Minister
Referring to criticism from some Singaporeans who see the foreign workers as a problem
"As a friendly country and fellow Saarc member state, we are closely following the political developments as they unfold inside Bangladesh. We have noted the concerns raised by the international community and human rights organisations on the way recent trials have been conducted which have added to the current instability in Bangladesh."
PRESS STATEMENT
Pakistan Foreign Ministry
On current crisis and recent war crimes trial in Bangladesh
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