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'Ensuring fair election now top priority'

Update : 07 Aug 2025, 15:52

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Thursday said the interim government’s main task is now to ensure a fair election in Bangladesh.

"August 5 marked the end of the first chapter. From today, the second chapter begins. Our main task is now to ensure a fair (national) election," the Chief Adviser was quoted as saying by his Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam during a press briefing after a meeting of the Council of Advisers at the Secretariat, UNB reports.

The Office of the Chief Adviser on Wednesday sent a letter to the Election Commission requesting it to complete all preparations to hold the next parliamentary elections before Ramadan in February 2026.

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