Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday announced the formation of a "Charter of New Bangladesh" based on national unity through dialogues.

"We want to prepare a charter of the mass uprising, which will be the charter of new Bangladesh. It will be based on unity. There will be elections; there will be all but we should not move from the charter," he said at an event at his office in the capital.

Four commissions -- Constitutional Reform Commission, Electoral System Reform Commission, Police Administration Reform Commission and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Reform Commission-- submitted their reports to Chief Adviser at the event.

Prof Yunus said the charter will be a national commitment, not any partisan commitment, while all parties will sign up on it. "It will be a charter of Bengali nation and we will move forward bearing it in our hearts," he added.

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Noting that the charter will be an important document, the chief adviser said the elections would be a part of the charter. The polls will be held based on unity, otherwise the charter will get lost.

Describing the report submission ceremony as a historical moment, he said today's event will remain as a part of history.

Mentioning that the nation reincarnated of ruins, the chief adviser said today's programme is an integral part of that history. "This is not isolated reports. The reports that we have taken up today are certainly a big exercise for our country. None will deny that," he added.

"The vision of a new Bangladesh that we aspired to build rested on your shoulders (members of the commission). You have drafted the framework for those dreams, marking the beginning of a new chapter," Prof Yunus said pointing at the members of the reform commissions.

In his concluding speech, the chief adviser stressed removing overlapping and repetitions in the reports of the reform commissions so that clear reports could be presented before the nation.

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Urging all to maintain the spirit of the July revolution, he said: "Our emergence was from it (mass uprising)...justification is that we are the part of it. We should not forget it."

Prof Yunus underscored for the need for building the national unity to fulfill the aspirations and dreams of the country's people.

The chiefs of the four reform commissions handed over their reports to the chief adviser.