A delegation from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party joined a dialogue with the National Consensus Commission on Thursday morning.
The commission – headed by Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus – is holding a series of talks with political parties to forge a national consensus on state reform initiatives undertaken by the interim government formed in August last year.
The meeting started around 10:35am at the LD Hall of the parliament Bhaban in the capital with Professor Ali Riaz, vice-chairman of the Consensus Commission, in the chair.
The BNP delegation includes the party’s standing committee members Nazrul Islam Khan and Salahuddin Ahmed.
On April 16, BNP leaders headed by the party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir called on Professor Yunus and emerging from the meeting expressed their dissatisfaction with the polls plan outlined by the interim government.
The National Consensus Commission began its dialogue process with political parties on March 20, aiming to build a shared position on key reform proposals initiated by the interim government.
So far, it has held talks with 11 political parties.
Formed on February 15, the Commission is tasked with shaping a unified national stance on critical reforms. In its initial phase, it compiled key recommendations from five reform commissions – addressing constitutional, public administration, electoral, judicial, and anti-corruption reforms – and shared them with 39 political parties for feedback.
To date, 34 parties have responded.
The Commission aims to complete its first round of talks with political parties by the first week of May, begin a second round in the second week of May, and reach a national consensus by mid-July.