Dhaka, June 25 -- National Consensus Commission Vice Chairman Prof Ali Riaz on Wednesday urged political parties to show flexibility on reform issues for the sake of the country and the nation in a bid to achieve the desired goal.

"Please consider how we can all move forward, keeping the interests of the state and the nation above everything else. I've said time and again that you all have to make compromises (their party positions) here," he said.

Prof Riaz made the call in his introductory speech while presiding over the sixth day of the second-round talks of the National Consensus Commission in the capital.

The discussion began around 11am at the Foreign Service Academy.

Prof Riaz said progress has been achieved in some reform issu...