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CA meeting with BNP, Jamaat, NCP and 20 others: What was said
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25 May, 2025, 11:30 pm
Last modified: 26 May, 2025, 12:46 am
Yunus held separate meetings with the BNP, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and National Citizen Party (NCP) yesterday (24 May). Today, he held meetings with leaders of 17 political parties in two phases
Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus. File Photo: CA Press Wing
Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus. File Photo: CA Press Wing
Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has been holding a series of meetings with all the major political parties.
Yunus held separate meetings with the BNP, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and National Citizen Party (NCP) yesterday (24 May). Today, he held meetings with leaders of 17 political parties in two phases.
The meetings come after NCP Convener Nahid Islam told media that Yunus was considering resignation.
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Meanwhile, the Advisory Council issued a statement saying, "The interim government upholds the public expectations of the July uprising. But if the government's autonomy, reform efforts, justice process, fair election plan, and normal operations are obstructed to the point of making its duties unmanageable, it will, with the people, take the necessary steps."
- Read more of what the advisory council said
The statement came hours before Yunus' scheduled talks with the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami on elections and current issues – including Rakhine humanitarian corridor, foreign investment in ports – which both parties, alongside various other groups have strongly opposed.
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