Dhaka, April 10 -- National Consensus Commission Vice-Chairman Ali Riaz hopes to wrap up meetings with the political parties on reforms by the first half of May.

He spoke to the media after the Islami Andolan Bangladesh submitted its views on the recommendations made by the reform panels on Thursday.

Islami Andolan is the seventh party the commission sat with to review the recommendations.

Riaz said, "The tenure of the Consensus Commission is until mid-July. We are already in talks with the parties. We hope to complete the initial discussions by the first or second week of May."

He said the next phase will start after reviewing the proposals made by the parties.

The commission, led by Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus, began its work on F...