The Bangladesh Awami League has expressed deep concern over UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s reportedly scheduled meeting with Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus.
“The Awami League has today expressed deep concern over UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s reportedly scheduled meeting with Muhammad Yunus, the self-declared Chief Adviser of Bangladesh, warning that any formal meeting lends legitimacy to an unelected and unconstitutional administration,” the Awami League posted on its Facebook page.
A formal letter from the Awami League’s UK branch has been sent to Downing Street, the Speaker of the House of Commons, the King’s Foundation, and the Commonwealth Secretariat, urging British officials not to unwittingly launder Yunus’s administration, just as Bangladesh’s crisis deepens, it added.
Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus will be on a bilateral official visit to the United Kingdom from June 10 to 13, 2025.
During the visit, the Chief Adviser is expected to have an audience with King Charles III of the United Kingdom. He is also scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting with the UK Prime Minister during the visit.
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Muhammad Yunus recently announced that the general election will be held in the first half of April 2026. The announcement of the election is a major development for Bangladesh politics after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government in August 2024.
