1st-ever Yunus-Modi in-person meet April 4
Bangladesh Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC Summit in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 4, officials in Dhaka and Delhi confirmed on Wednesday afternoon.
"I can tell you that the meeting will take place," a senior official in Dhaka told the media without elaborating further. Meanwhile, New Delhi also hinted positively about the meeting. "It is expected that they'll meet," a source in New Delhi informed.
Dhaka urges BIMSTEC to finalise FTA
Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin today urged all the BIMSTEC member states to extend their full cooperation to ensure the timely finalization of six fundamental agreements on trade.
“Realisation of the FTA is paramount for our region's collective economic advancement,” he said in the 25th BIMSTEC Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) in Bangkok, in a press release by the foreign ministry.
The six pendin...
Jashim Uddin is leading a five-member Bangladesh delegation in the SOM.
