DHAKA, Aug 31, 2018 (BSS) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home this
afternoon concluding her two-day official visit to Nepal.
She visited Nepal to attend the 4th Summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative
for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC).
A Biman Bangladesh Airlines VVIP flight carrying the premier and her
entourage members landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here at
2:35 PM.
Before leaving Kathmandu, the prime minister with the heads of government
of the seven-nation regional group joined the retreat session and closing
ceremony of the Summit.
Addressing the BIMSTEC Summit yesterday, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
called for expanding cooperation in BIMSTEC forum through the creation of
free trade area, investment and energy collaboration, enhancing people-to-
people contact and funding mechanism.
On the sidelines of the summit, she held meetings with her Indian and
Nepalese counterparts Narendra Modi and KP Sharma Oli.
Sheikh Hasina with other BIMSTEC leaders made a courtesy call on Nepalese
President Bidya Devi Bhandari.
BIMSTEC, a sub-regional organisation came into being on June 6, 1997. It
comprises five South Asian states of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal and Sri
Lanka and two Southeast Asian nations — Myanmar and Thailand.