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"You will carry on with the movement until the fall of the government even if I cannot stay beside you."
KHALEDA ZIA
BNP Chairperson and the main opposition leader
Said in a video message
"Those who are killing people, carrying out terrorism, destroying mosques and industries, damaging and disrupting rail and road communications, destroying public and private properties, attacking minorities and their place of worships, and felling trees will have to face punishment."
SHEIKH HASINA
Prime Minister of Bangladesh
While announcing her party's election manifesto
"We denounce the indecent behaviour of the opposition leader. She through her party men had repeatedly urged the government and police to strengthen her security."
SYED ASHRAFUL ISLAM
Awami League General Secretary
Explaining the reason for heavy security forces deployment around oppositions leader's residence in a press briefing
"The Jatiya Press Club is a public property. No vested quarter can use it as a shield for political purpose. olice have information of militants' meetings at the Jatiya Press Club……the activists were carrying flags on the sticks, thus making it a flag procession."
BENAZIR AHMED
DMP Commissionar
Said in a press briefing about the recent clash between journos and ruling party men
"Revolutionary leaders are not gods, but human beings. (We) cannot worship them like gods or refuse to allow people to point out and correct their errors just because they are great."
XI JINGPING
President of Communist China
Acknowledging that Communist China's founding father Mao Zedong made "mistakes"
"As far as Vladimir Putin is concerned, our attitude towards him has not changed. We would still like to do what they put us in jail for. We would still like to drive him out."
NADEZHDA TOLOKONNIKOVA
A freed member of the punk band Pussy Riot
Speaking at their first news conference since their release earlier this week
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