Dhaka, Oct. 17 -- A total of 25 political parties have signed the July Charter, according to the Chief Adviser's Press Wing, while several others have not.

Those who have signed did it at a ceremony at the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban in Dhaka city on Friday afternoon.

The parties that signed the charter, according to the Chief Adviser's Press Wing, are:

Parties that did not attend include the National Citizen Party (NCP), Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB), Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (BSD), BSD (Marxist), and Bangladesh JASAD.

The National Consensus Commission, which organised the July Charter signing ceremony, said it drafted the July Charter in two phases -- after discussions with 33 parties in the first phase and 30 ...