Dhaka, Jan. 19 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said his party is confident that the Election Commission (EC) will be able to conduct the upcoming national parliamentary election in a competent and credible manner.

"The scrutiny of nomination papers always brings some issues - this is nothing new. So far, we have seen that the Election Commission is working more or less with competence," he said while talking to reporters after placing a wreath at the grave of former President and BNP founder Ziaur Rahman at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar.

Fakhrul said their party placed a few of its concerns before the Chief Election Commissioner on Sunday. "We believe this Election Commission will be able to conduct the election wit...