Bangkok/IBNS, April 4 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met Bangladesh's interim government's chief advisor Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC Summit in Bangkok, Thailand.

This is the first meeting between Modi and Yunus since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government in August last year.

As per reports, Bangladesh had requested for a meeting on the sidelines of BIMSTEC Summit.

However, Modi's itinerary had no mention of a meeting with any representative of Bangladesh.

After Hasina fled to India facing violent protests that started with anti-quota agitation, Yunus was appointed as the advisor to the interim government in Bangladesh.

In a recent development, Yunus was slammed by several Indian politic...