Former Bangladesh PMs Hasina, Khaleda due to meet

by Sanjay Jha | November 13, 2008 at 03:38 am

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Two warring former Prime Ministers of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia have decided to stop their enemity and ready for a rare meeting ahead of December's elections.

The two women are leading two biggest parties of Bangladesh and are bitter rivals. They are believed to have barely spoken since the early 1990s.

Former prime ministers and arch-rivals Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia yesterday agreed to sit together to solve the crises confronting the country.

However, while Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina wants an agenda for the discussions, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia says the talks should not be confined to specific subjects.

The issue of the much-desired meeting between the two resurfaced when AL spokesman Syed Ashraful Islam yesterday afternoon said their party chief is ready to sit with her counterpart in BNP if the government sets an agenda.

He was briefing reporters after a meeting between the AL president and ambassadors of the Netherlands, Italy and Sweden.