Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka on Wednesday for Bangkok on a six-day official visit to Thailand at the invitation of her Thai counterpart Srettha Thavisin.
The visit is aimed at strengthening the bilateral ties between the two countries, officials said.
A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the premier and her entourage, is scheduled to depart Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10am on Wednesday, said PM’s Speechwriter Md Nazrul Islam.
The fight is to land at Don Mueang International Airport, Bangkok at 1:30pm local time.
“It’s both a bilateral and multilateral visit,” said Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud said at a media briefing on Monday.
The bilateral part of the visit will be the first-ever visit at the level of head of government from Bangladesh to Thailand since establishment of diplomatic relations in 1972.
It is also Sheikh Hasina’s first…
