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"Even a hen can now walk across the Teesta, as the river is completely dried up."
FARIDUL ISLAM
Convener of Bangladesh Teesta Bachao Andolon
commenting about the current drying condition of once mighty Teesta River

"If the BNP returns to power, we will write the true history of the Bangladesh Liberation War."
KHALEDA ZIA
BNP Chairperson
in support of BNP senior vice President Tarique Rahman's claim that his father Gen Ziaur Rahman was the first president of Bangladesh and that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman illegally took over as prime minister

"Khaleda and Tarique are saying what the ISI is asking them to say. They want to return to Pakistan. They don't have a right to stay in Bangladesh."
SURANJIT SENGUPTA  
AL senior leader
in response to Tarique Rahman's claim

"They [the Mancha activists] should have gone back home and gather again when need be."
NOOH-UL-ALAM LENIN
Awami League presidium member
saying that the historical necessity of the movement has ended after the amendment of the tribunal act

"I am confident that the Ukraine crisis will help us to strengthen transatlantic ties and rediscover our common interests."
WOLFGANG SCHAEUBLE
German Finance Minister
calling the Ukraine crisis as an opportunity for the European Union and the United States to revamp their relationship after the fallout of the NSA spying scandal

" The current inflaming of anti-Russian sentiments takes place against the background of a spike of racism and xenophobia in many European countries….turning a blind eye to neo-Nazi phenomena, whether in Ukraine or elsewhere."
SERGEI LAVROV
Russian Foreign Minister
warning European stability was being threatened by rising anti-Russian sentiment over the Ukraine crisis

"I am very surprised that the European Union has now announced a kind of Cold War against Russia, which absolutely doesn't fit with the traditionally friendly relations between our countries."
MARINE LE PEN
Leader of France's far-right National Front
told the speaker of Russia's lower house during her visit to Moscow that she backed Russian call for Ukraine to devolve greater powers to its regions