Bangladesh's current situation is "close to normal" but there are "some challenges", a top official said on Wednesday, asserting that free and fair elections will be held after bringing "deeper reforms" in the violence-hit country. During an interaction with the media at the Foreign Service Academy, Press Secretary to the Chief Adviser of the interim government, Shafiqul Alam, said the interim government's "first priority is to restore law and order situation".

The top official said that a national security advisor will be appointed soon. The interim government has transferred the heads of all 50 police stations under the Dhaka Metropolitan Police. When asked about the current situation in Bangladesh and if it is returning to normalcy, Alam said, "What Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has been saying to foreign journalists, 'you visit all the places like rural areas or cities outside Dhaka or industrial area, You look at situation yourself and judge if it is normal or not'."