Khaleda-Alok meeting in afternoon

Senior Correspondent: Alok Sharma, UK foreign office minister for Asia and the Pacific, will hold discussion with BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia today (Saturday).

The meeting will be held at 4.00pm at the BNP Chief's Gulshan political office.

Shyrul Kabir Khan, a media wing member of the BNP Chairperson, confirmed the matter to risingbd.com.

Earlier on Thursday, Alok Sharma reached Dhaka on a three-day visit for strengthening counter-terrorism cooperation with Bangladesh.

The UK minister held meeting with Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Friday.

He is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina this morning.

Sharma was elected to the UK Parliament in 2010 and appointed Minister for Asia and the Pacific in 2016.

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