Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- e-Islami on Wednesday announced its election manifesto, declaring that it will prioritise 26 key areas in running the government over the next five years if given the opportunity to lead the country.

Ameer-e-Jamaat Dr Shafiqur Rahman unveiled the manifesto at a hotel in Banani.

The 26 priority areas include safeguarding Bangladesh's national interest, building a humane country based on equality, justice and fairness, empowering youth and prioritising their leadership in state governance, ensuring a safe and participatory environment for women, improving law and order, establishing a corruption-free state, and promoting merit-based recruitment.

The manifesto also pledges to bring perpetrators of extrajudicial killings t...