Dhaka, June 13 -- Bangladesh Chief Advisor Mohammad Yunus and BNP chairman Tarique Rahman have agreed that general elections could take place a week before Ramadan in the second week of February, provided all preparations were completed by then.
The preparations include sufficient progress in electoral reforms and the July Uprising trials.
The BNP chairman, who met the CA in the Dorchester Hotel in London, reportedly expressed satisfaction with the decision, putting both parties on the same page after the BNP came to loggerheads with the interim government over its decision to hold elections in April next year, which they called unfeasible.
The interim government appointed National Security Advisor Khalilur Rahman. briefing media a...