A five-member Norwegian parliamentary delegation met BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday.

The meeting that began around 5:30pam was held at the BNP chief's Gulshan office and lasted for over an hour.

Kenneth Svendsen led the Norwegian team at the meeting, reports UNB.

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, standing committee members Dr Adbul Moyeen Khan, Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, chairperson's adviser Reaz Rahman and party special secretary Asaduzzaman Ripon were present at the meeting.

BNP sources said different issues relating to the country's current political and human right situations, democratic governing and elections systems, January-5 election, Bangladesh's next general election and BNP's observation about the 136th Assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) came up for discussions at the meeting.

The Norwegian parliamentary delegation arrived here to join the 5-day IPU Assembly that began on Saturday at the South Plaza of the National Parliament.