Dhaka: Visiting US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas A Shannon will meet BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday morning.

The meeting is scheduled to be held at the BNP chief's Gulshan office at 10:45am, her media wing member Shamsuddin Didar told news agency UNB on Sunday night.

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat will also be present at the meeting, he said.

Didar said various issues relating to mutual interests of the two countries, Rohingya crisis and Bangladesh's latest political situation are likely to come up for discussion at the meeting.

Shannon arrived in Dhaka on Sunday with a US delegation to join the US-Bangladesh Partnership Dialogue and discuss bilateral, regional and global issues, including the Rohingya crisis, with government and non-government officials.

Besides, a Canadian parliamentary delegation is also scheduled to meet Khaleda Zia at the same venue at 7:30pm on Monday.