Dhaka, June 13 -- Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has held a one-and-a-half-hour meeting with the BNP's Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman in London.

The meeting took place at The Dorchester hotel on Park Lane from 2pm Bangladesh time on Friday, according to the Chief Advisor's Office (CAO).

Following the meeting, Tarique left the hotel at 3:40pm. Before getting into his car, he waved and greeted party leaders and activists lining the street outside the hotel.

Prior to the one-on-one meeting, a courtesy call took place between Yunus and Tarique in the presence of BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury and Tarique's International Affairs Advisor Humayun Kabir, as well as the Chief Advisor's Security Advisor Khalilur Rahman ...