Dhaka, Oct. 29 -- BNP senior leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Tuesday said the party does not support the Consensus Commission's proposal to hold a referendum ahead of the upcoming national election, reaffirming that BNP's stance on the issue remains unchanged.

"BNP disagrees with the Consensus Commission's recommendation to conduct a referendum before the national election," he told 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 office in Gulshan.

He reiterated that BNP's position has been consistent from the outset-that both the national election and the referendum must take place on the same day, using two sep...