Dhaka, Dec. 28 -- With the deadline for submitting nomination papers for the upcoming national election falling on Monday, nearly 99 percent of aspirants who collected the forms have yet to file them as they are waiting for the last day.

"A total of 2,780 nomination papers were collected to contest the election from the country's 300 constituencies and only 31 papers were submitted till 2:30pm on Sunday," said Election Commission Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed on Sunday evening.

The deadline for the submission of nomination papers will expire at 5:00pm on Monday, said EC officials.

Md Yunus Ali, the returning officer for Dhaka-13 and Dhaka-15 constituencies, said a total of 29 nomination papers were collected in the two constituencies, ...