New Delhi, March 21 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh interim government chief Muhammad Yunus will meet at next month's Bimstec Summit, but according to the latest report, a formal meeting between the two leaders is unlikely.

Modi and Yunus are set to attend the sixth summit of the regional grouping, scheduled for Bangkok, Thailand, on April 3-4. However, a report in Hindustan Times quoting three unnamed people familiar with the matter said the present state of the bilateral relationship between the two neighbouring nations is not conducive to a bilateral meeting between the two leaders.

"An encounter or exchange of pleasantries cannot be ruled out as all the leaders attending the summit will be in each other's company on s...