While talking to the media at the secretariat on Tuesday, the minister said he had already discussed this with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. He said Ershad’s Jatiya Party has requested to add one or more leaders from their party to the poll-time government. Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, said the party's nomination for the national election will be finalized next month. Answering a query about the number of seats for the alliance parties in the next elections, Obaidul Quader said there could be 60 to 70. Earlier, the Election Commission declared that the 11th National Election will be held in the last week of December.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 11, 2018 08:37 UTC