Consensus Commission holds first meeting with political parties

The National Consensus Commission's first meeting with political parties started at the Foreign Service Academy after 3:00pm on Saturday.

The meeting of the national consensus-building commission was chaired by Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus.

In the meeting, leaders from various political parties, including BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami, LDP, Jatiya Party (Kazi Zafar), Nagorik Oikya, Islami Andolan, Khelafat Majlish, Gono Sanghati Andolon, Gonoadhikar Parishad, and Jatiya Nagorik Committee were present.

The seven-member delegation of BNP is being headed by its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

BNP standing committee members Nazrul Islam Khan, Salahuddin Ahmed and Majar (retd) Hafizuddin Ahmed are among the team members.

From Jamaat, a five-member delegation has joined the meeting under the leadership of the party's Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar. The four other members are Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher, AHM Hamidur Rahman Azad, Saiful Alam Khan Milon, and Moshiul Alam.

Earlier, the government formed a seven-member National Consensus Commission to review and adopt the recommendations submitted by the six key reform commissions.