New Delhi/Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus, told a senior United States official on Monday that the country's next general election would be held on schedule in February, even as relations with neighboring India remain strained and political tensions at home continue to simmer.
According to a statement posted on the official Facebook page of Prof Yunus' office, the Chief Adviser said during a telephone conversation on Monday that national elections would take place on February 12, describing the vote as a long-delayed opportunity to restore democratic rights after years of what he claimed was authoritarian rule.
"The nation is eagerly waiting to exercise their voting rights, which were stolen by the autocratic ...