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FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2025
Next polls will be free and fair, CA assures UK MP

Bangladesh

TBS Report
04 January, 2025, 07:00 pm
Last modified: 04 January, 2025, 10:49 pm

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Next polls will be free and fair, CA assures UK MP

Rupa expressed her willingness to visit Bangladesh again to observe the next general election

TBS Report
04 January, 2025, 07:00 pm
Last modified: 04 January, 2025, 10:49 pm
British parliamentarian Rupa Huq called on Chief Advisor Professor Muhammad Yunus at the state guest house Jamuna today (4 January). Photo: CA Press Wing
British parliamentarian Rupa Huq called on Chief Advisor Professor Muhammad Yunus at the state guest house Jamuna today (4 January). Photo: CA Press Wing

Highlights

  • Rupa Huq inquired about the tentative date for next general election
  • Yunus gave two possible timelines for the polls
  • Rupa expressed interest in visiting Bangladesh again to observe the polls

Chief Advisor Professor Muhammad Yunus today (4 January) assured British parliamentarian Rupa Huq that the next general election in Bangladesh would be completely free and fair.

"People could not vote in the last three elections. There was a fake parliament, fake MPs, and a fake speaker," Professor Yunus told Huq as she called on the chief advisor at the state guest house Jamuna. 

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Bangladesh now one of most profitable destinations for investment: British MP

"The whole country has now got their voices back; their voice was taken away forcibly," said Professor Yunus.

Rupa Huq enquired about the tentative date for the next general election, the reform initiatives undertaken by the Interim Government of Bangladesh, and the participation process of political parties.

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Professor Yunus told her that there are two possible timelines for the next general election - December 2025 or mid-2026. 

"The election date depends on how much reform people want," he said.

Rupa expressed her willingness to visit Bangladesh again to observe the next general election.

Professor Yunus explained to Rupa what led to the July mass uprising and the repression of the people during the regime of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. 

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James Goldman, deputy high commissioner and development director of the British High Commission Dhaka, was also present on the occasion.

Earlier, Rupa Huq was part of a UK business delegation that held a meeting with Special Envoy to Chief Advisor Lutfey Siddiqi, BIDA Chairman Ashik Mahmud Chowdhury, and Senior Secretary for SDG Affairs Lamiya Morshed over trade and investment in Bangladesh. 

A delegation from UKBCCI is currently on a three-day visit to Bangladesh.

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UKBCCI Chairman Iqbal Ahmed OBE and UKBCCI President M G Moula Mia are leading the delegation.

Siddiqi invited British businessmen and women including people of Bangladesh origin to invest in the country, saying the interim government has undertaken sweeping reforms to attract foreign direct investment.

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