Sri Lankan President, Bhutanese PM meet Bangladesh PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has visited India to attend the oath-taking ceremony of Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister of India for a third consecutive term where she made a courtesy meeting with President of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe.

The meeting was held at ITC Maurya hotel in New Delhi, India on Monday (June 10).

“A discussion on how Sri Lankan investment can come to Bangladesh in its tourism sector was held as Sri Lanka is much ahead in tourism sector,” Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud told a news briefing after the meeting.

The two leaders also had a detailed discussion on mutual cooperation in agriculture and maritime sectors, he said.

The Sri Lankan president thanked the Bangladesh premier to help his country financially in their critical time.

Sheikh Hasina invited the Sri Lankan president to visit Bangladesh.

Meanwhile, Bhutanese Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the latter’s place of residence on the same day.