Dhaka, Oct. 27 -- The Commonwealth has decided to send election observers to Bangladesh for the upcoming national election, BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury said on Monday.

"We discussed the matter of sending Commonwealth observers. They have decided to send observers for the election," he told reporters after a meeting with a visiting five-member Commonwealth delegation at a city hotel.

The delegation, led by Linford Andrews, Head of the Commonwealth's Electoral Support Section (ESS) and Chief of its Pre-Election Assessment Mission, met the BNP team led by Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury at a city hotel.

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