, Sept. 27 -- A visiting election 'exploratory' team from the European Union held a meeting with a delegation of the BNP and discussed the country's electoral situation ahead of the national election.

The meeting, which lasted for over an hour, began at 10am at the BNP Chairperson's Gulshan office, said BNP media cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan.

He said election observation expert Riccardo Chelleri led the EU election exploratory team at the meeting.

Sayrul said BNP Standing Committee members Nazrul Islam Khan and Salahuddin Ahmed, Chairperson's Advisory Council member Ismail Jabiullah and Organising Secretary Shama Obaed attended the meeting.

He said the discussions focused on the country's overall electoral situation, election observa...