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Bangladesh Interim Government Seeks Resignations of Two Student Advisers After Party Complaints

The move tests perceptions of neutrality with growing calls to allow the Awami League into the 2026 vote.

Police disperse protesters outside Bangladesh's national parliament complex in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
A protester runs next to burning debris from a kiosk outside Bangladesh's national parliament complex in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Muhammad Yunus, the 85-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner serving as the country's "chief adviser", had "taken measures to hold free, impartial, and fair elections", his press team said

Overview

  • Information adviser Mahfuj Alam and local government adviser Asif Mahmud Sojib Bhuyian were asked to step down, Dhaka’s Prothom Alo reported, following objections from rival parties.
  • The BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami accused some advisers of favoring a political party, with BNP figures asking for removals and a Jamaat leader warning Yunus about advisers “working on behalf of a certain political party,” according to AFP.
  • Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus met BNP and Jamaat leaders this week and said steps were underway to ensure free, impartial elections expected in February 2026.
  • Sajeeb Wazed Joy told the Associated Press the Awami League ban must be lifted for any credible election, as rights groups urged an end to the broad prohibition that has led to arrests.
  • Awami League remains outlawed and barred from elections, Hasina is in exile facing trials in absentia, and a UN rights report has pressed for accountability after an estimated 1,400 deaths during the 2024 unrest.