Dhaka, Feb. 5 -- Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud is scheduled to leave for New Delhi on Tuesday night. This will be his first bilateral visit.

He is visiting Delhi at the invitation of his Indian counterpart Dr S Jaishankar.

Though the Foreign Minister will go to New Delhi directly, he will return to Dhaka via Kolkata on Friday night (February 9), a senior official told UNB.

The Foreign Minister will have a number of meetings in New Delhi apart from his bilateral meeting with Dr S Jaishankar.

The meeting between the two foreign ministers will be held on February 7.

In Kolkata, he will attend a "meet the press" event and a reception, to be hosted by the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission.

Earlier, Spokesperson at the Ministry of Fore...