India, March 21 -- Indian PM Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka from April 4 to April 6 after attending the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation Summit in Thailand, media reports said.

In the past, Modi has transited through Sri Lanka for short one-day, or at most two-day, visits in 2015, 2017 and 2019. This time around, he is set to visit for three days, with potential meetings to be held outside of Colombo, people familiar with the matter told The Print news portal.

Earlier, Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake had invited Modi to visit the Island Nation.

Modi is likely to travel to the neighbouring nation just months after the Sri Lankan President visited New Delhi in Dec...