Dhaka, Nov. 30 -- As the upcoming national election approaching a new electoral alliance is being formed under the leadership of Jatiya Party (Japa-Anisul) Chairman Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud and Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman Anwar Hossain Manju, sources said.

Insiders said, leaders of approximately 8 political parties with engaged a meeting today (Sunday) at a city hotel. If the alliance will be formally announced on December 6 through a press conference in a city hotel, leaders said.

They said the 8-party alliance will consist of like-minded political parties that believe in Bangladeshi nationalism, the spirit of the Liberation War, Islamic values, liberal democracy, and harmony among all religions.

It is learned that the political p...