The Election Commission (EC) has received a government letter instructing it to conduct a referendum, Election Commission Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said today.
He said, "We received the letter on Thursday. The government has said that the referendum and the national election should be held on the same day."

According to Akhtar Ahmed, the letter states that the responsibility for conducting both the referendum and the national election lies with the Election Commission.

Earlier, on 13 November, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) A M M Nasir Uddin said the Election Commission would take a decision regarding the referendum only after receiving a formal directive from the government.

"Once we are formally informed, we will sit together at the commission, discuss the matter, and then share our opinion," he said.