Dhaka, Dec. 1 -- Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Sunday said the next national election will be held excluding Bangladesh Awami League which is now "a kind of socially acceptable fact."

"It's kind of a socially acceptable fact that Awami League will not be part of the next national election," he said, while responding to a question at "DCAB Talk".

Adviser Hossain said he does not think that Bangladesh society has taken this (election without AL) very negatively.

He mentioned that the activities of the AL have already been suspended but the party is not banned.

The next national election is scheduled to be held in the first half of February and the government thinks it will be held in a festive and peaceful manner.

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