, Dec. 9 -- party alliance, preparing to contest the 13th national parliamentary elections, will begin seat-sharing discussions from Tuesday.

Dr Hamidur Rahman Azad, Assistant Secretary General of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and Coordinator of the liaison committee of the eight-party alliance, confirmed the development on Monday.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the alliance's liaison committee held today (December 8) at 6:30 pm.

The meeting took place at the central office of Khelafat Majlis, presided over by its Secretary General Dr Ahmad Abdul Kader.

The alliance also decided to carry out nationwide campaigns until December 31 to build public opinion in favour of a 'Yes' vote in the upcoming referendum on the implementation of...