Prime Minister Jigme Y Thinley is due to leave for Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, this Monday on a four-day official visit.

“The visit is very important and significant for our bilateral relations…Bangladesh is very important to Bhutan,” local media reports in Bangladesh quoted Bhutanese Ambassador to Bangladesh, Bap Kesang, as saying.
It is learnt that PM Thinley will lead a 20-member high-powered delegation that will include the health minister, cabinet secretary, foreign secretary and leading businessmen, among others.
While in Bangladesh, the Bhutanese delegation will hold talks with Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina, senior members of the cabinet and others on range of issues including economic and political cooperation between the two neighbours.