<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Bangladesh will welcome election observers from the European Union and the UK for the next general elections, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka on Thursday. <br />''<br />''She made this comment after meeting the outgoing British High Commissioner in Dhaka Robert Chatterton Dickson at her official residence Ganabhaban, reports the official news agency BSS quoting  Ihsanul Karim, the Press Secretary to Prime Minister Hasina.<br />''<br />''Taking a swipe at some local election observers, Prime Minister Hasina said that they have a separate agenda. She said her government has established the voting rights of the people of Bangladesh.<br />''<br />''Earlier, the EU Ambassador to Bangladesh Charles  Whitely met Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen on April 17  and the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on April 18 to discuss issues relating to the general elections of Bangladesh scheduled to be held by the end of the year or early in January next year. <br />''<br />''Foreign Minister Dr. Momen visited the US on April 10-11 where the holding of elections in a free, fair and transparent manner came up for discussion between Dr. Momen and Secretary of State Antony Blinken.</span><br />