Quotes of the Day

bangladesh election
Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008

Open quoteThere are high expectations, both inside and outside the country, almost on the scale of the Obama victory.Close quote

  • FAROOQ SOBHAN,
  • former foreign secretary of Bangladesh, on the landslide victory of the secular Awami League party in the country's first elections in seven years
Photo: Andrew Biraj / Reuters | Source: NYT