The visiting European Union Parliamentary delegation has held a meeting with BNP chief Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan political office on Tuesday evening.
The six-member delegation reached Khaleda's office at 6:40pm and left it around 7:40pm after holding the meeting.
However, none from both the sides briefed the media about the meeting agenda.
The team, led by Cristian Dan Preda, vice president of the human rights sub-committee of the EU parliament, reached here on Sunday and will stay till Friday.
Sent by the human rights sub-committee of the EU parliament, the committee will observe the human rights situation in Bangladesh amid the ongoing violence around the country.
The committee members will also meet Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Shirin Sharmin CHowdhury, Law Minister Anisul Huq and State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam.
This is the first time the sub-committee is dispatching a team to Bangladesh.
They will discuss the overall human rights situation including labour rights, RMG sector, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Rohingya, among other issues.
The EU embassy in Dhaka has also arranged meetings with civil society, media and think tanks for these, a foreign ministry official said.
The team will submit a report to the sub-committee after it returns to Brussels.
