Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says a government may be formed with representatives from the political parties having representation in Parliament ahead of the next general election.

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says the government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would not do anything beyond the constitution over the next general election.

Minority communities have been apprehending that incidents of violence and attacks on them might escalate with the next national elections drawing close.

The BNP is too weak to wage a movement before the upcoming national elections, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said yesterday.

Several top BNP leaders shared the stage with Dr Kamal Hossain and Prof Badruddoza Chowdhury at a citizens' rally in the capital yesterday and extended full support to Jatiya Oikya Prokriya's three-point demand including formation of a polls-time neutral government.

Several hundred grassroots leaders of the Awami League and the BNP yesterday pledged to work towards a free, fair and peaceful general election.

The BNP is ready to go to any lengths to forge a greater national unity against the ruling Awami League-led 14-party alliance ahead of the December election.

Announcing the possible date of the national elections was not an “appropriate act” of Finance Minister AMA Muhith, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda says.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday said there was a good chance that the next parliamentary election would be held on December 27.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir claims the government is hatching a conspiracy to keep the party away from the upcoming general election.

Outgoing US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat hopes that elections in the city corporations and national one will be held in a "free, fair, credible and inclusive" manner.