European Parliament delegation holds talks with Khaleda

The visiting European Parliament (EP) delegation met BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday.

The hour-long meeting started around 6:30pm at the BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office. However, neither BNP nor the EP team briefed reporters about the meeting.

A source close to Khaleda said various issues related to the January 5 election, latest condition of politics, human rights and the RMG sector of the country, had come up in the discussion.

Chairperson of the Delegation for Relations with South Asia Jean Lambert led the EP team to the meeting.

Ambassador and Head of Delegation of the European Union to Bangladesh William Hanna, BNP Vice-Chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury, BNP chairperson’s advisers – Reaz Rahman and Sabihuddin Ahmed, were present at the meeting.