Haas meets Tawfiq-e-Elahi
US Ambassador Peter Haas yesterday met Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, prime minister's adviser on power, energy and mineral resources affairs, at the latter's office.
An official of the energy adviser's office said the meeting was held from 11:00am to noon.
Meanwhile, European Union Ambassador to Bangladesh Charles Whiteley yesterday held a meeting with BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury and Organising Secretary Shama Obayed.
"It was nothing but a regular meeting. We discussed overall political situation of the country," Shama Obayed told The Daily Star.
A EU exploratory mission will come to Bangladesh today to assess the overall environment of elections. It will talk to all the stakeholders including the government, the Election Commission, opposition political parties, civil society groups, and journalists.
The EU will decide if it will send election monitoring team based on the report of the exploratory mission, Charles Whiteley said earlier.
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