Salman F Rahman, adviser to AL president, now has a contender from BNP at Dhaka-1 constituency as Khondokar Abu Ashfaque got back his candidacy after appeal.

Expressing dissatisfaction with the electoral enquiry committees, Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda yesterday advised their members to be proactive for winning people's trust.

The schedule for the next parliamentary polls will be announced any date after October 30, says Election Commission Secretary Helaluddin Ahmed.

BNP alleges that the government is hatching a conspiracy to create communal division in the country in a bid to catch fish in troubled water ahead of the upcoming general election slated to be held at the end of December.