Dhaka, Oct. 28 -- The Commonwealth has decided to send election observers to Bangladesh to monitor the upcoming national polls, BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury said on Monday.
Speaking to reporters after a meeting with a visiting five-member Commonwealth delegation at a city hotel, Khosru said, "We discussed the matter of election observation, and they have decided to send observers for the upcoming national election." The delegation was led by Linford Andrews, Head of the Commonwealth's Electoral Support Section and Chief of its Pre-Election Assessment Mission. The BNP team included Chairperson's Advisory Council member Dr. Zia Uddin Haider, Joint Secretary General Humayun Kabir, and Organising Secretary Shama O...