Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday made the MP aspirants from the party promise to accept whoever she nominated for the upcoming election and work together for them.

The peaceful electoral atmosphere that prevailed in the country for the last two weeks was suddenly marred by yesterday's clash between BNP activists and police in front of the party's Naya Paltan central office.

Jatiya Oikyafront yesterday demanded that the Election Commission defer the election, set for December 30, by three more weeks. But the ruling Awami League termed the proposal illogical and urged the commission to stick to its schedule.

With elections ahead, the Election Commission extends for three days its deadline to pull down publicity materials like banners and posters.

The BNP may offer 60 parliamentary seats to its partners in the Jatiya Oikyafront and the 20-party alliance, setting aside the rest for its leaders who have been collecting party nomination papers since Monday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also the Awami League president, will give strong directives today to a record number of 4,000 aspirants vying for party nomination for the December 30 national election.

The Awami League looks all set to lead the largest electoral alliance ever to take on its archrival BNP and main opposition party and combines in the high-stake December election.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says that BNP’s demand for deferral of the 11th parliamentary election in the pretext of the international observer is “baseless and illogical”.

Mahi B Chowdhury, a top leader of Juktofront, says his alliance wants to contest the 11th general elections under 14-party combine led by ruling Awami League.

The Election Commission instructs aspirants seeking to contest the 11 parliamentary election not to hold rallies or showdowns while receiving or submitting their nomination papers to the concerned authorities.

Major opposition BNP has alleged that the government wants to avoid the participation of foreign polling observers in the general elections.

As many as 52 nomination seekers are in a race to win Awami League's ticket to contest the 11th parliamentary polls from Barguna-1.

The national polls would be held on December 30, according to the revised schedule announced by the Election Commission yesterday.

The BNP yesterday urged the diplomats stationed in Dhaka to ensure that a large number of foreign observers are sent to monitor the upcoming parliamentary polls.

Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda says there is no scope for the Election Commission to back off from the EVM use and this machine will be used on a limited scale in the national election.

Jatiya Party (JP) extends the date of nomination forms distribution for its candidatures till November 15 in the next Jatiya Sangsad polls slated for December 30.

Jatiya Oikyafront Spokesperson ASM Abdur Rob says the opposition alliance is still rigid on its stance on deferment of the election by a month.

The Election Commission decides to run mobile courts to check violation of the electoral code of conduct in all 300 parliamentary seats in the 11th national election to be held on December 30.

Awami League hails the new date of the 11th parliamentary election announced by the Election Commission (EC).

Major political opposition BNP has alleged, there is no atmosphere of election in the country.