People want end to violence: British HC tells Khaleda

British High Commissioner Robert Gibson conveyed people’s strong desire for an end to the ongoing violence to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday, by means of relies he had received in his Twitter feed. “I explained to @BegumKhaledaZia about this twitter feed and passed on the thrust of your messages,” he posted on his Twitter profile after a meeting with Khaleda at her residence yesterday evening. In a Twitter message earlier in the day, he had sought people’s thoughts on the present political situation and received several replies. “Many thanks for your comments so far. Clear that main message is stop the violence,” he wrote in a tweet. Sabihuddin Ahmed and Reaz Rahman, advisers to Khaleda Zia, were present in the meeting. However, they did not disclose anything about the meeting to the waiting journalists. It was Gibson’s second meeting with Khaleda within a week, as he had met her on December 30, the day he came back to Dhaka. The British envoy also met Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam the next day. On January 6, Gibson tweeted: “Meetings today with #Bangladesh government ministers to seek clarity over next steps post #election, and encourage resumption of dialogue.”