If there is consensus, how prepared is EC to hold referendum with parliamentary polls in February?

As the Election Commission (EC) advances preparations for the parliamentary election, debate has returned to the national conversation over a referendum to implement the July Charter. The commission says it has no separate plan for a referendum outside the parliamentary polls. If the government decides, however, the EC will work to implement it. Election Commissioner Abdur Rahmanel Masud said holding a referendum on the same day as the parliamentary election would save "hundreds upon millions of taka". The National Consensus Commission also says there is broad agreement on holding a referendum to implement the July Charter. Some parties propose holding the referendum and the parliamentary election on the same day, while others propose holding the referendum a month before the...