Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said they would welcome observers from the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) in the upcoming general election.
“We will welcome observers from the European Union and the United Kingdom in the next general election,” she said when the outgoing UK High Commissioner in Dhaka Robert Chatterton Dickson paid a farewell call on her at the latter’s official Ganabhaban residence here.
PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed newsmen after the meeting.
Mentioning that some local election observers have separate agenda, the Prime Minister said they have established the voting rights of the people in Bangladesh.
The Prime Minister said the extreme poverty rate has declined to 5.6 percent poverty while the poverty rate to 18.7 percent due to having continuous democracy in Bangladesh.বিস্তারিত