Chief adviser and chairman of the National Consensus Commission Professor Muhammad Yunus on Saturday called for advancing reform activities quickly with the goal of holding the national elections in December.
He made the call at a meeting with two members of the consensus commission at the state guest house Jamuna in Dhaka.
The commission vice-chairman Professor Ali Riaz and its member Badiul Alam Majumder joined the meeting.
Special assistant to the chief adviser for consensus building Monir Haider was present on the occasion.
Ali Riaz and Badiul Alam Majumder informed the CA of the progress of the commission鈥檚 activities.
Separate discussions are underway with political parties on the recommendations of the reform commissions of the interim government, they said.
Discussions have so far been completed with eight political parties, they said, adding that a meeting was scheduled to be held with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Thursday.
They also informed that various programmes had been taken to take public opinions on the reform agendas and create public awareness on reforms.
Professor Yunus stressed holding talks with the political parties and moving the overall reform process forward with the aim of holding the national elections in December.
