KATHMANDU, Aug 31, 2018 (BSS)-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today left here
for home concluding her two-day official visit to 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 left Tribhuvan International Airport at 1:10 pm (local
time).
Nepalese Deputy Prime Minister Ishwor Pokharel and Bangladesh Ambassador in
Kathmandu Mashfee Binte Shams saw the prime minister off at the airport.
Before leaving Kathmandu, the prime minister along 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, the prime minister called for
expanding cooperation in BIMSTEC forum through the creation of a 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 along with other BIMSTEC leaders made a courtesy call on
Nepalese President Bidya Devi Bhandari.
BIMSTEC, a sub-regional organization, 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 ones- Myanmar and Thailand.