ARMY CHIEF GENERAL ZAMAN VS CHIEF ADVISER PROF YUNUS: POWER STRUGGLE IN BANGLADESH OVER TIMING OF ELECTION

Addressing the Commanding Officers in Wednesday’s meeting, Army Chief General Waker Uz Zaman said certain policies of the interim government were not part of the understanding on which the interim government was configured after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government last August.

- KALIDAS NEWDELHI

Two months after announcing election, the interim government of Bangladesh is indicating that it may not be in a position to hold election by December 2025.

This apprehension was part of a discussion at the council of advisers that Chief Adviser Prof Mohammed Yunus held late Thursday (May 22, 2025) night after Army Chief Waker Uz Zaman held a closed door meeting with Commanding Officers on Wednesday (May 21, 2025) where he expressed unhappiness over the functioning of the interim government and said, "Elections must be held by December and that only an elected government should determine the nation’s course and not an unelected administration".

Awami League supporters stare at an uncertain future under the interim government

Addressing the Commanding Officers in Wednesday’s meeting, Army Chief General Waker Uz Zaman said certain policies of the interim government were not part of the understanding on which the interim government was configured after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government last August.