, Feb. 11 -- The High Court on Tuesday asked the Election Commissioner to register the Bangladesh Minority Janata Party (BMJP) as a political party.

The HC bench of Justice Sashanka Shekhar Sarkar and Justice AKM Rabiul Hassan passed the order after hearing a petition.

Advocate Tajul Islam and Advocate Omar Faruk stood for the petitioner while Advocate Muntasir Mahmud represented the Election Commission.

Earlier, a writ petition was filed challenging the EC's decision to not to register BMJP as a political party.

Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from United News of Bangladesh....