CEC pays courtesy call on CA

Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin met Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus this afternoon for the first time since the announcement of the tentative election timeline earlier this month.

The pre-scheduled meeting took place at the state guest house Jamuna and lasted around one and a half hours, said Abul Kalam Azad Majumder, deputy press secretary to the chief adviser.

The meeting comes days after Yunus said that the next parliamentary election could be held in the week before Ramadan in 2026 if all preparations are completed.

He added that sufficient progress in reforms and the trials of perpetrators of killings in the July uprising would be necessary to bring the election date forward from April.

The remarks followed a meeting in London with BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on June 13, where Tarique suggested holding the election before Ramadan.

National Security Adviser Khalilur Rahman later read out a joint statement outlining the possible schedule.

On June 15, CEC Nasir Uddin said the commission would be able to gauge the government's position on the election schedule only after formal discussions.

The EC and the government are yet to hold formal discussions on when the next national election should be, he added.