Bangladesh plans national election in April next year

The Bangladeshi interim government's Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus Friday said the country's next national elections will be held on a day in April next year. "He is announcing to the countrymen that the next national elections will be held on a day in the first half of April 2026," Yunus said in a televised speech to the nation on the eve of Eid al-Adha, which is celebrated in the country on Saturday. He said that the Election Commission will present a detailed roadmap of the election at an "appropriate time."