Dhaka, Nov. 13 -- Next national parliamentary election and referendum on constitutional reforms will be held concurrently the same day in early February 2026, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus announced Thursday to break a political standoff.

In a televised address to the nation in the afternoon, the head of post-uprising interim government said the decision followed approval for the 'July National Charter (Constitutional Reform) Implementation Order 2025' by the Advisory Council earlier in the day.

Meanwhile, the government published the gazette of the constitutional reform-implementation order later in the day that mandates the government for a referendum on the provisions of the July National Charter relating to a recast of the Const...