Dhaka, July 20 -- Vice Chair of the National Consensus Commission Prof Ali Riaz on Sunday expressed strong confidence that they would be able to prepare a national charter (reform charter) by the end of this month.

"We believe we'll be able to prepare a National Charter by July 31. We still have that confidence and belief," he told a press briefing in the afternoon after the 15th day of the second-round reform dialogue at the Foreign Service Academy in the capital.

Prof Riaz said a peaceful human chain was held in front of the Foreign Service Academy on Sunday morning by the families of those injured and killed in the historic July 2024 mass uprising.

"One of their demands is the announcement of the July Charter within this month. We e...