Shamima Rita

Despite submitting nomination papers, the party remains short of election-ready structures, with crucial tasks, such as strategy-setting and manifesto drafting, either stalled or unfinished.

The Jamaat-led alliance has so far left 29 parliamentary seats for the National Citizen Party, but aspirants from other allies remain in the race in at least 21 of those constituencies, NCP sources said.

Weeks ahead of the next general election, the National Citizen Party (NCP) has plunged into a severe internal crisis following its decision to join a 10-party electoral alliance led by Jamaat-e-Islami.

The National Citizen Party submitted nomination papers for 47 candidates yesterday even though its seat-sharing arrangement with Jamaat-e-Islami covers 30 seats.

NCP's alignment with Jamaat took shape during the talks at the National Consensus Commission

A day before deadline for submitting nomination papers, NCP faces turmoil as as two leaders quit over proposed seat-sharing deal with Jamaat.

The National Citizen Party is likely to finalise a seat-sharing deal with Jamaat-e-Islami within the next one or two days ahead of the election, even as a section of senior women leaders has publicly opposed any such arrangement.

The National Citizen Party is increasingly tilting toward a seat-sharing arrangement with Jamaat-e-Islami, as party leaders fear that a deal with the BNP would yield too few seats and create cracks within their newly formed alliance.

A disagreement over seat-sharing has emerged among the newly formed alliance comprising the National Citizen Party, Amar Bangladesh Party and Bangladesh Rastro Songskar Andolan.

A dispute over nominating a candidate for the Dhaka-10 seat caused a long-planned four-party alliance led by the National Citizen Party to collapse at the last moment on Thursday, party insiders say.

Parties seek more time to resolve pending issues before formal launch of four-party platform

A new political alliance is likely to be launched today, involving the National Citizen Party, Amar Bangladesh (AB Party), United Peoples (UP) Bangladesh, and Rashtro Songskar Andolon.

Differences have emerged within NCP over whether it should contest upcoming national polls independently or join an alliance.

The National Citizen Party is continuing full-fledged preparations to contest the upcoming national election, focusing on organising its grassroots and selecting candidates for all 300 seats.

Many members of the National Citizen Party (NCP) are reluctant to contest the upcoming national election as part of a BNP- or Jamaat-e-Islami-led alliance, as the party seeks to emerge as a distinct third political force.

After accepting “Shapla Koli” (water lily bud) as its electoral symbol, the National Citizen Party is now gearing up to finalise 150 candidates in as many seats.

Discussions are underway to form a new nine-party alliance as a potential “third force” ahead of the upcoming national election, with talks reportedly involving the National Citizen Party (NCP), Gono Odhikar Parishad, Amar Bangladesh Party (AB Party), and the Gonotontro Moncho.

The government and the consensus commission have continued active engagement with the National Citizen Party in an effort to persuade it to sign the July Charter.

Right under the authorities’ noses, chemical warehouses and small factories are operating in full swing in Mirpur’s densely populated residential areas, defying safety regulations and gambling with thousands of lives.

Nearly half of the NCP’s central leaders favour forging an alliance with the BNP ahead of the 13th national election in February.