Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury yesterday said almost all political parties in the country have submitted their respective proposals to the Consensus Commission.

The matter can be concluded within 15 to 20 days or maximum a month and elections can be held before December this year, he said.
Amir Khasru told reporters after a meeting with the visiting US deputy assistant secretary for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) Nicole Ann Chulick. The meeting was held at the residence of the US deputy ambassador to Dhaka.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir led the meeting.
Amir Khasru Mahmud said that the elections could be held before December as reforms are being talked about here. The Chief Adviser himself has also said that the reforms will be carried out on which consensus will be reached, he added.
He said every party has submitted their opinions. “We can resolve it within 15 to 20 days or maximum a month whatever consensus there is. Then, if there is consensus on the charter that has been talked about, signing it cannot be a matter of time. Therefore, there can be no reason not to provide a roadmap for the elections,” Mahmud added.
Replying to a query, he said that discussion was held on the existing bilateral relations between the United States and Bangladesh. The issue of economy and tariffs also came up in this discussion, he added.
About the tariff issue, he said, "We should all look into how to withdraw the tariff. If the tariff is not brought within the tolerable limit, our exports will be affected. This has been discussed."
He said there was also held a long discussion about the elections.
Noting that the BNP's economic policy was also discussed in detail in this meeting, Amir Khusru Mahmud said, "All the reforms that have been done in the past have been done during the BNP's time. Economic reforms had also been done during the BNP's time."