Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam today said his party will contest the upcoming 13th National Parliament elections independently and announce a preliminary list of candidates by November 15.

"We are preparing to contest the election alone, aiming for all 300 constituencies. InshaAllah, we will publish our preliminary list of candidates by November 15," he said while talking to reporters after visiting the family of Shaheed Gazi Salauddin in Godnail, Narayanganj this morning.Salauddin, who was seriously injured during the July Movement, passed away on October 26 after a long battle for recovery.

The NCP convener said his party seeks to challenge Bangladesh's traditional electoral culture that favors mone...