However, they have not specified if the deposed Awami League and its president, Sheikh Hasina, can participate in the polls. Comparing the 16-year Hasina regime to a “terrible tornado”, the Chief Advisor said, "We are coming from complete disorder." "If you are comparing it to the last year for example at the same time, it looks okay,” Yunus told the BBC. The chief advisor also acknowledged the safety issues surrounding the members and associates of the Awami League. In February, a number of Awami League members' residences were vandalised and burned, including the house of Hasina's late father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first president of Bangladesh.

Source: bd News24 March 06, 2025 14:04 UTC