Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- National Citizen Party (NCP) chief coordinator for the southern region, Hasanat Abdullah, has called on Chief Adviser professor Muhammad Yunus to issue an official order on the long-debated referendum regarding constitutional reforms, saying the matter must not be delayed any further.

Speaking to reporters after attending an NCP coordination meeting in Pirojpur on Friday, Hasanat stressed that "the referendum order must come immediately" and that it must be a formal order-not an ordinance or a gazette notification.

"The discussion over the order is being sidelined," he said. "We want the issue settled without delay, and it is Dr. Muhammad Yunus, who became Chief Adviser through a people's uprising, who must issue that ord...