BNP briefs foreign diplomats as sale of nomination form begins

BNP briefed on Monday foreign diplomats stationed in Dhaka about the outcome of the two-phase dialogue with the ruling alliance and the party's various concerns about the 11th parliamentary elections, reports UNB.

BNP standing committee member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan, on behalf of the party, apprised the diplomats of the party's various observations on the country's latest political situation at a closed-door meeting at the BNP chairperson's Gulshan office, said party insiders.

Contacted, BNP chairperson's adviser Sabihuddin Ahmed said they briefed the foreign envoys about the country's latest political situation.

He said the meeting began around 4.00pm and continued for an hour.

BNP organising secretary Shama Obaed said diplomats from around 35 countries, including the USA, the UK, EU, UN, Canada, India, Pakistan, China, Japan, France, Germany and Switzerland, joined the briefing.

BNP standing committee members Rafiqul Islam Miah, Gayeshwar Chandra Roy and Nazrul Islam Khan, and chairperson's adviser Sabihuddin Ahmed were, among others, present at the meeting.

Earlier on the day the party started selling nomination forms to the party candidates ahead of the general election scheduled for December 30.