Dhaka, Oct. 28 -- BNP senior leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Tuesday said their party does not agree with the Consensus Commission's recommendation to hold a referendum before the national election, saying BNP's position on the issue remains unchanged.

"BNP does not agree with the Consensus Commission's recommendation to hold a referendum before the national election," he said.

Khosru made the remarks while talking to reporters after BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir's hour-long meeting with British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cook at the BNP chairperson's Gulshan office.

He said BNP has been clear from the beginning that both the national election and the referendum must be held on the same day, using ...