BNP looks forward to fruitful first meet with Consensus body

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Dhaka, Feb 14 – The BNP is looking forward to a very fruitful first meeting with the National Consensus Commission, led by Interim Government's Chief Advisor Dr Muhammad Yunus, on Saturday.

The meeting is scheduled to begin at 3pm at the Foreign Service Academy in the capital, BNP media cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan said on Friday.

Sayrul said the BNP delegation would attend the meeting with Dr Yunus and the National Consensus Commission under the leadership of Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

Earlier, on February 10, a three-member BNP delegation, headed by Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, last met Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus.

Following the meeting, Fakhrul said the chief adviser informed them that his government is working to organise the next general election by December this year.

The BNP leader expressed hope that the government will present a roadmap to hold the election by December, as per the expectations of both the party and the public.

When asked about the timeline for the government’s announcement of the roadmap, Fakhrul replied that it would be determined by the government. “They will likely say something about it by February 15,” he added. - UNB