Dhaka, Feb. 11 -- BNP senior leader Mirza Abbas thanked Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus for confirming the national election by December next and warned that any attempt by any quarter to delay it by pushing for local body elections first would be strongly opposed.

"We thank the Chief Adviser for announcing that the election will be held by December during his meeting with our Secretary General yesterday (Monday). We hope the election will take place within December, if there is no plot to foil it," he said while addressing a workshop.

The Mugda Thana unit of Dhaka South City BNP organised the programme near the Bir Shrestha Shaheed Mustafa Kamal Stadium on Tuesday, where party leaders and workers were trained on the party's 31-point st...