The Bangladesh Nationalist Party joined the second day dialogue with the National Consensus Commission on Sunday morning.
The Commission is holding a series of talks with political parties to forge a national consensus on state reform initiatives undertaken by the interim government.
A five-member BNP team, led by its standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan, participated in the talks that started at about 11:00am at the LD Hall of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.
The discussion is going on with National Consensus Commission vice-chairman Professor Ali Riaz in the chair.
BNP standing committee member Salahuddin Ahmed, BNP chairperson鈥檚 advisory council member Ismail Jabiullah, former secretary Abu Mohammad Moniruzzaman and former Supreme Court Bar Association general secretary Barrister Ruhul Kuddus Kajol are the other members of the BNP delegation.
Earlier on Thursday, BNP attended the first day talks held from 10:35am to 4:45pm with a lunch break at the same venue.
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 13 political parties.
Formed on February 15, 2025, under the leadership of chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, 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 鈥� addressing constitutional, public administration, electoral, judicial, and anti-corruption reforms 鈥� and shared them with 鈥�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.