Dhaka, Dec. 8 -- Political parties are accelerating coalition-building efforts ahead of Bangladesh's national election, with the National Citizen Party (NCP) on Sunday unveiling a new three-party bloc - the Democratic Reform Alliance - in a sign of intensifying pre-election realignment.
The alliance, comprising the NCP, the Amar Bangladesh Party (AB Party), and the State Reform Movement, was announced at an urgent press conference at the Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) auditorium.
NCP convener Nahid Islam said the coalition was formed to carry forward the public aspirations for change that emerged from the July mass uprising and to prevent a return to what he called "old politics."
AB Party chairman Mojibur Rahman Monju and State Reform Move...