Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka today for Kathmandu to attend the 18th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) Summit.
The two-day Saarc Summit begins at the City Hall (Rashtriya Sabha Griha), Bhrikuti Mandap in Kathmandu on November 26.
Foreign Ministry sources said a VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the prime minister and members of her entourage is scheduled to depart Shahjalal International Airport at 3pm.
The flight is expected to land at Tribhuban International Airport in Kathmandu at 4:15pm (Nepal Standard Time).
Sheikh Hasina is expected to hold meetings with Nepalese Prime Minister Sushil Koirala, Afghan President Dr Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai and Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom. The prime minister is scheduled to return home at 12:05pm on November 28.
Meanwhile, speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali said the meeting of eight South Asian nations is expected to ink Saarc Motor Vehicles Agreement for the Regulation of Passenger and Cargo Vehicular Traffic amongst Saarc member states, Saarc Regional Railways Agreement, and Saarc Framework Agreement for Energy Cooperation (Electricity).
