'Foreign observers welcome in next general election'
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the next national election will be held as per the country's constitution, and her government is ready to welcome election observers.
"The next election will be held as per the constitution," she told four MPs of the British All-Party Parliamentary Group, who called on the PM at her office.
The MPs are Rushanara Ali, Jonathan Reynolds Mohammed Yasin and Tom Hunt.
Later, PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters.
He said the PM told the delegation that the Election Commission in the country is independent.
"We follow your Westminster type of democracy. We do not have any problem if election observers come," Ihsanul quoted the PM as saying.
She also urged UK entrepreneurs to make investments in the 100 economic zones across the country.
"We will welcome the UK investment there," she said.
The British MPs lauded the unprecedented infrastructural development of Bangladesh, and praised Hasina for her role in this development, according to the press secretary.
"They highly appreciated the development in the connectivity including Metro Rail, Padma Bridge and Bangabandhu Tunnel," Ihsanul.
They also discussed the next general elections in Bangladesh, he added.
The PM appreciated British support for Bangladesh in tackling climate change.
She said the government is serious about the climate change problems and it has started the adaptation and mitigation programmes with its resources.
Ambassador-at-Large M Ziauddin, Principal Secretary M Tofazzel Hossain Miah and British High Commissioner Robert Chatterton Dickson were present.
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