, Oct. 4 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday night said the whole world is supporting Bangladesh's process of democratic transition through the next national election.

"The entire world supports our democratic transition. Especially the democratic world is fully behind it, he said while talking to reporters at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport after returning home from the United States on an Emirates Airlines flight.

"Our message is very clear. To return to democracy, we will take part in the February election as per the instructions given by our leader Tarique Rahman and we are preparing for it," Fakhrul added.

He went to New York on 23 September as part of the delegation led by Chief Adviser Professor...