Dhaka, Oct. 17 -- Head of interim government Prof Muhammad Yunus and major political parties' leaders Friday signed on the July National Charter 2025 stipulating institutional reforms for rebuilding Bangladesh in spirit of the uprising that toppled the past 'fascist' regime.

"We're now newborns-it marks the birth of a new Bangladesh," the Chief Adviser of the post-uprising government said at the open-air signing ceremony, with the signatory senior leaders on the podium and select guests in front on the parliament premises in Dhaka.

The ceremonial adoption of the new national document took place at 5:00pm at the National Parliament's south plaza, attended by members of the interim government's Advisory Council, diplomats from several cou...