Dhaka, June 21 -- The interim government has indicated it may proceed with organising fresh elections for the Dhaka North and South city corporations if BNP leader Ishraque Hossain continues to occupy the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) headquarters and refuses to take the mayoral oath through formal legal procedures.

At an informal meeting of the advisory council held on Thursday at the official residence of the Chief Adviser, Jamuna, several advisers expressed mounting frustration over the prolonged stalemate. The meeting, chaired by Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and attended by nine advisers, included calls for firm measures to restore civic administration at the DSCC's Nagar Bhaban, which remains under lockdown.

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