BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia today hoped that the friendly relations between Bangladesh and India will be strengthened further in the days to come.

The BNP chief said this while outgoing Indian High Commissioner Pankaj Saran met her at her Gulshan residence in Dhaka.

During the hour-long meeting from 6:50pm, both sides talked various bilateral and international issues, meeting sources said.

BNP standing committee members Abdul Moyeen Khan, BNP chairperson's advisers-- Reaz Rahman and Sabihuddin Ahmed assisted Khaleda in the meeting.

There was no formal briefing from either side on the outcome of the meeting.

A BNP leader who was present at the meeting however told The Daily Star that in the meeting Khaleda and Pankaj discussed wide range of issues relating to bilateral interests of the two nations.

The Indian envoy thanked the BNP chief for extending her cooperation to him during his tenure in Dhaka.