Parliament to be effective

A four-member German parliamentary delegation called on leader of the opposition in parliament and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan office yesterday evening.
Sebafpian Ebathy, MP of Social Democratic Party, led the delegation.
Emerging from the meeting he told newsmen that his government hoped Bangladesh parliament would be effective.
“Any dispute may arise between the government and opposition parties and all issues have to be resolved through discussion in parliament,” he said adding problems of the people should be addressed unitedly.
He further said that the government and the opposition are to work unitedly to strengthen democracy in the country.
Referring to the relations between Bangladesh and Germany, Sebafpian Ebathy said both the countries maintained good relationship economically and politically for long.
Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury, foreign affairs adviser to BNP chairperson, who was present at the meeting, said they discussed about further improvement of relations and cooperation between the two countries in different fields.
The other members of the delegation are Steffen Reiche of FPD, Holger Ortel of FPD and Hanf Peter Thul of Christian Democratic Party (CDU).