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Ensuring fair election now top priority: CA

Greenwatch Desk Politics 2025-08-07, 4:30pm

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Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Thursday said the interim government’s main task is now to ensure a fair election in Bangladesh.


"August 5 marked the end of the first chapter. From today, the second chapter begins. Our main task is now to ensure a fair (national) election," the Chief Adviser was quoted as saying by his Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam during a press briefing after a meeting of the Council of Advisers at the Secretariat.

The Office of the Chief Adviser on Wednesday sent a letter to the Election Commission requesting it to complete all preparations to hold the next parliamentary elections before Ramadan in February 2026, reports UNB.