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Dhaka: Bangladesh’s interim government Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus on Thursday announced that a referendum to endorse a political charter will be held alongside national elections on the same day in February next year.

“Considering all related matters, we have decided the referendum to be staged alongside the national election on the same day,” Yunus said in a televised address to the nation after a meeting with his advisers.

Yunus said the Council of Advisers on Thursday approved the “July Charter Implementation Order, 2025”.

A National Consensus Commission headed by Yunus drafted the July Charter, incorporating over 80 reform proposals following consultations with several political parties, including former prime minister Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Ja

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