Dhaka, Oct. 2 -- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka for the Indian capital at 8am on Thursday aboard a special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines in her first visit to the neighbouring country after winning the 2018 elections.

Briefing the media on Wednesday, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said a whole raft of issues will be discussed at the bilateral meeting. A number of deals will also be signed during the visit, said the minister, without getting into specifics as various aspects are yet to be finalised.

"It'll be at least 10 to 12 (deals)," he said.

A senior government official said more than 15 deals on connectivity, culture, technical cooperation, trade and investment are in the offing. "Fourteen have so far been con...