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Bangladesh Parties Demand December 2025 Poll as Reform Talks Stall

Parties from across the spectrum challenged Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus’s extension of the electoral timeline, warning that a December 2025 vote is essential after ten months without polls.

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser of Bangladesh's interim government, has launched a new bid to seek agreement among the parties on democratic reforms

Overview

  • During Monday’s Unity Commission session, representatives from over 20 parties pressed the caretaker government for a firm December 2025 election date, rejecting its proposal to extend polls into mid-2026.
  • Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman amplified demands with a virtual rally from London, warning that a ten-month delay without a set date threatens to derail the vote.
  • Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus maintains that deferring polls until June 2026 is necessary to complete wide-ranging administrative and democratic reforms inherited from Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year rule.
  • Public endorsement of a December poll by Bangladesh’s army chief has underscored divisions between military leadership and the caretaker administration over election timing.
  • Opposition leaders and civil society groups accuse the interim government of anti-democratic measures, citing its ban on the Awami League and alleged accommodation of fundamentalist Islamist elements.