President of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed said, the political parties should come forward immediately to solve the ongoing political turmoil that is hampering the normalcy in the country,” He reiterated the appeal to the political parties to come to a settlement as the country’s trade, commerce and the lives of the common people were being held hostage to the prolonged crisis over election administration. “The politicians of both the major parties sat together after the initiatives taken by the United Nations (UN). Two months ago, we, the business community, had called upon them for sitting together to solve the ongoing crisis.” he said at a press briefing held at the FBCCI office in the capital on Wednesday.