Dhaka, March 15 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said he failed to understand the purpose of the roundtable meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who is currently visiting Bangladesh.

After the meeting at the InterContinental Dhaka hotel on Saturday afternoon, he said: "Actually, I didn't quite understand what this roundtable was about."

The BNP leader confirmed that discussions on reforms took place during the meeting.

He, however, pointed out that the UN chief did not provide any comments on the matter.

The roundtable included leaders from seven political parties, including the BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami, Nagorik Oikya, Communist Party of Bangladesh, or CPB, Amar Bangladesh, or AB Party, G...