Foreign Affairs Adviser Touhid Hossain has said that young people will be the driving force behind political and qualitative transformation in Bangladesh’s future.

Speaking at the Bengal Delta Conference 2025, he emphasized the need to strengthen the country’s constitutional and institutional structures, which he said have remained weak despite decades of independence.

“Politics is not merely about holding office. We must build strong institutions if we are to bring meaningful change,” Hossain said.

He also warned that failure to repatriate Rohingya refugees would prolong the region’s suffering well into the next decade.