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Bangladesh national polls possible in Feb, CA Yunus and BNP reach agreement

Bangladesh national polls possible in Feb, CA Yunus and BNP reach agreement

Dhaka, June 13 (UNI) Bangladesh Chief Advisor Mohammad Yunus and BNP chairman Tarique Rahman have agreed that general elections could take place a week before Ramadan in the second week of February, provided all preparations were completed by then.
The preparations include sufficient progress in electoral reforms and the July Uprising trials.

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