Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has said that Bangladesh is now stable enough to hold elections, following last year’s state-backed massacre and the student-led mass uprising that toppled authoritarian rule.
Speaking on Monday at the inauguration of the Stakeholders’ Dialogue: Takeaway to the High-Level Conference on the Rohingya Situation in Cox’s Bazar, Professor Yunus announced that the national election has been scheduled for the first half of February 2026.
He noted that through this election, the interim government will hand over power to an elected authority.
“We are now at a very significant moment in our political history,” Yunus said. “One year ago, the country witnessed a terrible massacre. Later, through a student-led mass uprising, the nation was freed from fascist rule.”
The three-day international dialogue, which began on Sunday, aims to highlight the Rohingya crisis more strongly to the global community. The event is being held at Hotel Bay Watch in Cox’s Bazar, where the chief adviser formally inaugurated the sessions.
In his opening remarks, Yunus presented a seven-point proposal for a sustainable resolution to the Rohingya crisis and urged the international community to take effective action.
He stressed that urgent measures are needed to stop the ongoing persecution and displacement of the Rohingya people.
