Dhaka, Oct. 6 -- A major breakthrough comes in the prolonged post-uprising national-consensus-building process with the deadlock over the implementation modality of the July Charter unscrewed as the squabbling politicians agree on referendum.

The political parties and the National Consensus Commission, however, have yet to finalise the details of holding the referendum as some parties want it before the national elections while others want it simultaneously with the next February polls.

The development came at a meeting of political parties with the commission at the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka on Sunday.

The commission will hold another meeting on October 8 on matters that include other unresolved issues involving the implementat...