Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is likely to visit Bangladesh in mid-March amid political tensions in the South Asian country, officials said.

UN Special Envoy on Myanmar Julie Bishop had visited Bangladesh ahead of the Secretary General visit. The UN chief will also visit the Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar, Bishop said during her meeting with Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna.

"UN Secretary General will visit Bangladesh. We are still working out his final programs", Md Touhid Hossain, Bangladesh Foreign Affairs Adviser, told the reporters without elaborating.

"The three-day trip will start from March 13", a source told ANI.

The upcoming visit of the UN Secret...