Bangladesh's Yunus meets key party leader in London

Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus met in London on Friday with the leader of the South Asian nation's key party that many expect to be the frontrunner in elections next year.

Tarique Rahman, the son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, is the acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which is widely seen as likely to sweep elections that Yunus said will be held in April. The BNP said on Friday it wanted to hold the elections before Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting, begins around February 17.