Dhaka, Nov. 4 -- Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami will announce its "final" list of candidates for the 13th national parliamentary elections when "it's time," according to party chief Shafiqur Rahman.

Ending a 15-day foreign tour, he met the reporters at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 5:30am on Tuesday.

In response to a question there, the Jamaat ameer said: "The BNP has not published its final list. I saw that they have published the list of candidates for 237 seats and again said that it was not final. There could be more changes to it."

"We announced the list almost a year ago in various ways, also regionally. The central body of the party will announce the final list on time, Allah willing."

He highlighted that they also have...