Overview
- Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin is set to unveil the timetable in a national broadcast at 6 p.m. local time.
- Parliamentary voting is expected in February 2026 alongside a nationwide referendum on the July Charter reform package.
- The proposed charter seeks to curb executive powers, bolster judicial and electoral independence, and limit misuse of law‑enforcement agencies.
- Student-origin advisers Mahfuz Alam and Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan left their posts to preserve cabinet neutrality after the Election Commission said sitting advisers cannot contest.
- With the Awami League barred and warning of unrest, the BNP is viewed as the frontrunner as Jamaat-e-Islami returns to electoral politics under eased restrictions.