UN chief in talks with Consensus Commission, political leaders

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres joined a roundtable discussion with the National Consensus Commission members and political party leaders in Dhaka on Saturday afternoon, March 14.

UN Under Secretary General Rabab Fatima, Bangladesh’s Law Adviser Dr Asif, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar and Nayeb-e-Amir Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher, Nagorik Oikya President Mahmudur Rahman Manna, Ganosamhati Andolon's chief coordinator Zonayed Saki, National Citizens Party's (NCP) Converner Nahid Islam and AB (Amar Bangladesh) Party's General Secretary Asaduzzaman Fuad, among others, attended the dialogue at Hotel InterContinental.

The UN chief, Guterres, arrived in Dhaka on Thursday, March 13, on a four-day tour.

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