‘Chief Adviser will announce election date within 4/5 days’

Chief Adviser Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus will announce the national election date within four and five days.

Mustafa Jamal Haider, Jatiya Party (Kazi Jafor) chairman, disclosed this after a meeting between the Chief Adviser and 14 political parties on Saturday.

The meeting was held at the State Guest House Jamuna from 5 pm and lasted for about an hour, the Chief Adviser's Press Wing said.

Aminul Haque Tipu Biswas of Jatiya Gonofront, Mustafa Jamal Haider from the 12-party alliance, Maulana Abdul Majed Athari from Nejam-e-Islam Party, Maulana Yusuf Ashraf of the Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis, NPP Chairman Fariduzzaman Farhad, Jatiya Dal Chairman Syed Ehsanul Huda, Bangladesh Jasad's Dr. Mushtaq Hossain, Nationalist Democratic Movement's Bobby Hajjaj, Zaker Party Secretary General Shamim Haider, Islami Oikya Jote Secretary General Mufti Sakhawat Hossain Razi, Bhashani Janashakti Party Chairman Rafiqul Islam Bablu, Bangladesh Labor Party Chairman Dr. Mostafizur Rahman Iran, BSD-Marxist Coordinator Masud Rana and Manjurul Islam Afendi from Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam joined the meeting.

Last week, the Chief Adviser also held a meeting with 17 political parties, including BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and NCP.