Dhaka, March 31 -- Bangladesh sees this year's BIMSTEC Summit, scheduled to be held in Bangkok, Thailand on April 4, "very important" for the country as it will assume the chairmanship of the grouping for the next two years.

Dhaka also thinks the summit will provide them with an opportunity to present a "just and inclusive" Bangladesh in South and Southeast Asia, officials said this week.

The 6th Summit of the Heads of State/Governments of the member States of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) will be preceded by a meeting of BIMSTEC senior officials on April 2 and a meeting of BIMSTEC Foreign or External Affairs Ministers on April 3.

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus is schedu...