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The February 12 election is not conscionable a regular governmental lawsuit but a infinitesimal erstwhile the radical of Bangladesh volition find the people of their corporate destiny, Chief Adviser of the interim authorities Muhammad Yunus said connected Tuesday (February 10, 2026).
In a nationally televised code that came hours aft the governmental run ended connected Tuesday (February 10, 2026), Mr. Yunus called for citizens to ballot successful favour of the popular referendum connected the ‘July Charter’ that volition bring important changes to the Constitution. Polling volition beryllium ‘inclusive’ arsenic 51 governmental parties volition contention for power, helium said, adding that the interim authorities volition “fast” manus implicit powerfulness to the elected government.
“The task of the interim authorities volition extremity with the predetermination of a caller government. We volition instrumentality to our respective professions aft handing implicit powerfulness with joyousness and pridefulness to the recently elected government,” said Mr. Yunus.
He said the interaction of the referendum connected adopting the principles of the July Charter volition power a procreation and called upon voters to travel retired and ballot successful favour of the Charter.
“A ballot for the referendum is not conscionable a seal connected paper. It volition find the absorption of education, employment and justness strategy successful the coming days,” said Mr. Yunus. The projected changes volition enforce limits connected the powers of the Prime Minister, and springiness definite powers to the President, who is presently a titular fig successful the authorities operation of Bangladesh. The interim authorities has announced a 4 days vacation for the election.
Meanwhile, the interim authorities connected Tuesday (February 10, 2026) announced that the household of Dipu Chandra Das, who was lynched and burnt connected December 18, 2025 successful Mymensingh by a mob, volition get 25 lakh Taka (₹18.5 lakh) arsenic assistance for the operation of a location by the Das family.
That apart, the begetter and woman of the precocious Das volition get 10 lakhs Taka each and a fixed deposit magnitude of 5 lakh Taka volition beryllium dedicated to Das’s child.
“The mode Dipu Das was killed aft spreading communal frenzy is simply a substance of nationalist shame and delivering justness is the lone mode successful which we tin get escaped of this shame,” the authorities said.
It added that 12 persons person been arrested successful this lawsuit and the probe is presently ongoing and each those progressive successful the sidesplitting volition beryllium caught and dealt with arsenic per the law.
