Will be 'difficult' to cooperate if early national poll not held: BNP to Yunus

DHAKA: Former PM Khaleda Zia's BNP connected Tuesday cautioned Bangladesh main advisor Muhammad Yunus that it volition beryllium "difficult" for the enactment to proceed its practice with the interim govt if aboriginal predetermination is not held by Dec 2025.The informing came days aft Yunus successful a gathering with governmental parties, including BNP, rejected their request for aboriginal predetermination by Dec and stuck to his Dec 2025-June 2026 timeframe to clasp the canvass - pending since past twelvemonth pursuing the autumn of the Sheikh Hasina-headed Awami League govt. "We request contiguous announcement of a circumstantial roadmap for forming the adjacent parliament by Dec 2025 done a credible electoral process," said BNP's lasting committee subordinate Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain astatine a property conference.He said ensuring escaped and just predetermination should stay the govt's apical precedence arsenic it reflects the highest aspiration of the Bangladeshi people. "Otherwise, it volition beryllium hard for BNP to proceed its practice with this govt," Mosharraf said.