Bangladesh to hold parliamentary election in February next year: Chief Adviser Yunus

Yunus makes the comments during a televised address to the nation

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Dhaka, Updated At : 08:46 PM Aug 05, 2025 IST

Muhammad Yunus. Reuters file

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Bangladesh's Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday announced that the next parliamentary election will be held in February next year.

Yunus made the comments during a televised address to the nation on the first anniversary of last year's student-led protest movement, dubbed the ‘July Uprising’, that toppled longtime prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

"On behalf of the interim government, I will send a letter to the chief election commissioner requesting that the Election Commission hold the national election in February 2026, before the upcoming Ramzan," Yunus said while addressing the nation.

The month of Ramzan is set to begin on February 17 or 18 next year.

Earlier, general elections in Bangladesh were scheduled for the first half of April next year.

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