Dhaka, June 28 -- BNP senior leader Salahuddin Ahmed on Friday urged the interim government to assure the nation whether Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus conveyed to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) the message to prepare for holding the national election in the first half of February 2026.

"We saw in the media that the Chief Election Commissioner met the Chief Adviser. After the London meeting, we expected that the Chief Adviser would formally inform the Election Commission about holding the national election in the first half of February 2026, before the start of Ramadan," he said while talking to reporters at his Gulshan residence.

As Prof Yunus held a meeting with the CEC on Thursday, Salahuddin, a BNP Standing Committee member, s...