Dhaka, Sept. 30 -- The United Kingdom is ready to support free, fair and credible parliamentary poll in Bangladesh to be held in February next year.

"I reconfirmed the UK's support for free, fair, credible and peaceful national election here in Bangladesh next year," British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke said on Monday.

She came up with the remarks with the journalists after holding meeting with Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin at the latter's office in Nirbachan Bhaban in the capital.

About the election timeframe, she said that her government has welcomed the move of the interim government for the announcement of the general election under the supervision of the Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus.

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