PM departs for Thailand on six-day official visit

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka today for Bangkok on a six-day official visit to Thailand at the invitation of her Thai counterpart Srettha Thavisin to strengthen the bilateral ties between the two countries.

A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the premier and her entourage, departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10:13am, said PM’s Speechwriter Md Nazrul Islam.

The PM is scheduled 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 visit of the prime minister will be the first-ever visit at the level of head of government from Bangladesh to Thailand since establishment of diplomatic relations in 1972.

During her visit, the Bangladesh premier will hold bilateral talks with PM Thavisin and…