Muhammad Yunus invites parties for fresh talks on poll

DHAKA: Bangladesh interim government head Muhammad Yunus has invited political parties for a fresh dialogue on June 2 on the pending national poll, days after the former PM Khaleda Zia-led BNP held a massive rally to push for early election, latest by Dec this year.BNP said the govt's reform process linked to the poll was a "farce" and that Yunus had "failed" to deliver on his promise of holding early election. "How many times will you inaugurate these reform talks?" BNP standing committee member Salahuddin Ahmed asked. Economist Debapriya Bhattacharya, a distinguished fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), in a separate programme, noted growing investor anxiety due to the lack of substantive engagement between the interim government and political parties.