DHAKA, Bangladesh: Bangladesh’s interim government is taking every possible step to ensure that the upcoming general elections are conducted in a “free, fair and peaceful” manner, according to Home Adviser Lt Gen (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury.
The parliamentary elections in Bangladesh are scheduled to take place in February next year.
Speaking after visiting a polling centre in Keraniganj, Chowdhury stated that although a provisional date for the elections has been announced, the specific date will be formally declared by the Election Commission, the state-run Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) reported.
“All want a peaceful election. We’re making all possible strides to hold the next election in a free, fair, peaceful, and festive manner,” he was quoted as saying.
Chowdhury also emphasised the need for the “wholehearted” support of law enforcement agencies, stating that it would be “impossible” to conduct the elections fairly and peacefully without their cooperation.
Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser, Muhammad Yunus, chaired a high-level meeting where he called for “comprehensive security” at polling centres during the upcoming general elections.
Meanwhile, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Nasir Uddin has announced that the general elections will be held in the first week of February 2026.
Yunus also delivered a nationally broadcast address to commemorate the July Uprising Day, recalling the mass movement that ended years of autocratic rule in Bangladesh.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Yunus, 85, is leading the caretaker government until elections, and has said he will step down after the vote.
Yunus had earlier said elections would be held in April, but key political parties have been demanding he hold them earlier, and before the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in the Muslim-majority nation of 170 million people.
