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National Citizen Party (NCP) convener and opposition chief whip Nahid Islam is going to the United Kingdom on 13 November on a week-long visit. This is his first UK visit as the party’s founding convener. NCP joint member secretary (international relations) Alauddin Mohammad will accompany him.
Ehtesham Haque, convener of the visit preparation committee and NCP central joint convener, confirmed details of the visit at a press conference in East London last Monday (9 November). According to him, Nahid Islam will meet the International Development Committee in the British Parliament’s House of Commons. He will also hold meetings with the Westminster Foundation for Democracy and Human Rights Watch.
Bangladesh’s democratic progress after the July mass uprising, and the need for and challenges of sustainable institutional reform to protect human rights, will get importance in these discussions.
The NCP said Nahid Islam will speak to teachers and students at the University of Cambridge during the visit. He will present the experience and events of the July mass uprising there, and also talk about the new chapter for Bangladesh that began in July 2024.
According to Ehtesham Haque, important issues such as justice for the July genocide and the impact of indiscriminate politicisation of state institutions will be at the fore in discussions with stakeholders during the visit. Nahid Islam will also give special priority to getting to know the UK’s vibrant British-Bangladeshi community more closely and listening to their experiences, contributions and expectations.
The press conference was also told that Nahid Islam will be given a civic reception on 16 November at the initiative of the British-Bangladeshi community. NCP central committee expatriate welfare secretary Barrister Nurul Huda Junaid was also present at the press conference.
Background
According to a bdnews24.com report of 24 October 2026, Nahid Islam, as opposition chief whip, said that day that he doubted whether this parliament, formed through the February election, would last five years, as the opposition’s words are not valued in parliament.
Sources
Original report: Ajker Patrika
Background sources: bdnews24.com, 24 October 2026
