, Dec. 28 -- National Citizen Party (NCP) joined an alliance led by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and other like-minded parties, citing the need for a broader unity to protect the generation that actively participated in the July uprising, NCP Convener Nahid Islam said on Sunday.

Nahid made the announcement at an urgent press conference held at NCP's temporary office in the city's Banglamotor in the evening.

"We initially intended to contest the election independently and had prepared to field candidates in all 300 constituencies. However, incidents such as the killing of Osman Hadi, spokesperson of the Inqilab Moncho, prompted us to reconsider and take a new decision," Nahid said.

Referring to ongoing conspiracies to disrupt the February...