Promising elections similar to the UK is hardly enough to allay the concerns about the future of our democracy.

Around 1,700 aspirants from alliances led by Awami League and BNP are filing nominations in 300 constituencies as both the camps failed to pick a single contender in every seat for the upcoming parliamentary election.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir demands immediate formation of a fresh Election Commission so that the next general election is held in a free, fair and credible manner.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says that they did not discuss anything about the upcoming 11th parliamentary election with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

BNP alleges that ruling Awami League has visited India to meet its desperate bid to hang on to power again through holding a lopsided election with the help of external power.

Election Commission (EC) outright rejects BNP’s demands for army deployment in Gazipur and Khulna city corporation elections scheduled to be held on May 15.