The ninth parliamentary elections will be held on December 29

DHAKA, Bangladesh: National elections in emergency-ruled Bangladesh will be delayed by 11 days, the Election Commission said Sunday, following a former prime minister's demands that the polls be postponed as a condition for her party's participation.hief Election Commissioner A.T.M. Shamsul Huda announced at a news conference that the parliamentary polls would be held on Dec. 29, after consulting with all major parties
The commission also extended the deadline for filing nomination papers by a week to Nov. 30.st week, former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia demanded that the elections, which were scheduled for Dec. 18, be moved back by at least 10 days to allow her Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its allies to choose and prepare their candidates. She had initially threatened to boycott the vote altogether if the emergency measures, in place since January 2007, were not lifted.
uda made no comment on whether the measures would be lifted, but the government has said that some rules would be relaxed at the end of the nomination-filing process so that contestants can hold campaign rallies and marches