Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus addressed the nation this evening. Photo: PID

DHAKA, March 25, 2025 (BSS) - Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today reiterated that the polls would be held sometime between December this year and June next year.

"We want the next polls to be the most free, fair and acceptable one in the history of Bangladesh," he said while addressed the nation this evening to convey greetings on the occasion of the Independence Day and the holy Eid-ul-Fitr. 

He said the interim government is committed to holding the most free, fair and acceptable election in the country's history.

The Election Commission (EC) has started taking all-out preparations, the Chief Adviser said and hoped the political parties will begin preparations with great enthusiasm to join the next polls.

Prof Yunus said the National Consensus Commission has already started its work, while letters have been sent to 38 political parties with 166 recommendations and full reports from six reform commissions constituted earlier by the interim government. 

Meanwhile, he said, the government has already started talks with the political parties over reforms and the political parties have responded very positively to the reform works and are expressing their opinions. 

The political parties are providing their opinions on reform proposals, he said, adding that it is a matter of happiness for the nation that each political party is giving its opinion in favour of the reform.

Mentioning that the work of taking opinions from all political parties through the Consensus Commission is now underway, Prof Yunus said the aim of the commission is to identify all the issues on which the political parties would agree and prepare a list of those.

The July Charter will be prepared on the basis of the issues the political parties would agree on, he added.

"Our responsibility is to present the entire process before the nation in a transparent way and organise the elections after completing the process," he said.

At the onset of his speech, the Chief Adviser recalled with deep respect the heroic martyrs of the great Liberation War on the eve of the great Independence Day.