Dhaka, June 29 -- BNP senior leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Sunday expressed the hope that the national election will be held in February next year, as he sees no sign of uncertainty about it.

"I don't see any sign that the election won't be held in February. There's no need to question it unnecessarily. I see the election is going to be held in February," he said.

He made the remarks during a press briefing at the BNP Chairperson's office in Gulshan in response to a journalist's question about demands made by various Islamic parties at Saturday's Islami Andolon Bangladesh rally at Suhrawardy Udyan, where they called for local government elections to be held before the general election.

Khosru, a BNP Standing Committee member, ...