Dhaka, Nov. 4 -- Expressing concern over the growing political rift regarding the implementation of the July National Charter, the Advisory Council of the interim government has urged all political parties to hold immediate talks among themselves and provide unified guidance to the government within a week.

The directive came from an emergency meeting of the Advisory Council held on Monday at the Chief Adviser's Office in Tejgaon, chaired by Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus.

"If the parties fail to do so, the government will move forward with its own decision," Law Adviser Professor Asif Nazrul told the reporters.

Dr Asif Nazrul briefed the press after the meeting, where Advisers Muhammad Fawzul Kabir Khan and Adilur Rahman Khan,...