, Jan. 6 -- National Citizen Party (NCP) on Tuesday warned that democracy is at risk, accusing senior government officials, including intelligence chiefs, of openly favoring a party ahead of the national election.

"We've seen various government officials and chiefs of different intelligence agencies seemingly fix their focus on a single party office and visit it regularly. We believe this is a serious threat to democracy in Bangladesh," said NCP spokesperson Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan.

He made this remark after leading a four-member NCP delegation in a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin at the latter's office in the city's Nirbachan Bhaban in the afternoon.

"We have, with great concern, observed that over the past...