DHAKA: Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus on Monday said the interim government led by him will hand over power to an elected government after the general elections in February next year.

“Now, we are ready for another transition in our political history…the country has come to this stable enough and ready to have the election. So, we announce the election in the first half of February 2026. The interim government will be replaced by an elected government,” Yunus was quoted as saying by state-run BSS news agency.

He made the remarks while addressing a three-day international conference titled “Stakeholders’ Dialogue: Takeaways to the High-Level Conference on Rohingya Situation” in Cox’s Bazar.