Quotes
We have stopped all new orders going to Bangladesh for the rest of the year,
company head Karan Bose said Many in Bangladesh will worry that if you have a long-term interim government, that gives the military more of an opportunity to gain a foothold,
The military leadership will have a major role in overseeing this interim setup, even if it's not formally heading it,
said Michael Kugelman, director of the South Asia Institute at the Washington-based Wilson Center The opposition is weak and divided,
Hopefully we can turn a page with this new transition government and begin on a new footing... one built on trust and holding people to account,
UN country chief Gwyn Lewis said Part of the reason the protest movement gained such widespread support was the fact the country has not held a competitive election in 15 years,
said International Crisis Group analyst Thomas Kean The first order of business for any interim government should be to ensure protection of people's right to life, right to free speech and peaceful assembly, and to find ways of de-escalating any potential for further violence
said Smriti Singh of Amnesty International These are all rumours. She has not made a decision on that yet. She is going to stay in Delhi for a little while. My sister is with her. So she is not alone,
There is no such plan right now. This is the third time a coup d'état was staged against our family.”
Joy, who spoke on the current volatile situation in Bangladesh, was also asked if he has any plan to join politics when he laughed it off saying It is critical that trust in government be restored quickly,
Yunus, 84, told the Financial Times on Wednesday, We need calm, we need a road map to new elections and we need to get to work to prepare for new leadership,
The protests... have exacerbated downside risks to economic growth, fiscal performance, and external metrics,
ratings agency S&P said in a note on Wednesday My sister is with her,
he added, referring to Saima Wazed, the World Health Organization's (WHO) Regional Director for South-East Asia, which has its headquarters in Delhi The recent protest movement did have a strong anti-India flavor, primarily because the protesters saw India as a strong backer of Hasina,
said Subir Bhaumik, a columnist and commentator India will need much political and diplomatic skill in dealing with the consequences of the fall of Sheikh Hasina, which could rattle the geopolitics of the subcontinent, if not reshape it,
C. Raja Mohan, a foreign affairs expert, told The Associated Press The fall of Hasina’s government raises the possibility of Bangladesh realigning itself with China,
I do not have any evidence” of interference ... but I’m quite certain that Pakistan is involved.”
For her to be pushed out this way, and my grandfather’s memory, the father of the nation, to be insulted and desecrated in this manner, has disappointed all of us,
As to where she will live, no decision has been made,
said Sajeeb, without elaborating She said she will never go back to Bangladesh,
Sajeeb Wazed, Hasina’s son and an adviser in her ousted government, said in a phone interview from Washington