President to visit Bangladesh next month

President Maithripala Sirisena is expected to pay an official visit to Bangladesh in March at the invitation of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, according to the Daily Star.

Diplomatic sources said foreign ministry officials of Dhaka and Colombo had already started preparations for the visit. They are working to find suitable dates for the visit, when Bangladesh and Sri Lanka is expected to sign several deals to further promote bilateral ties, added the sources.

This will be the first visit of President Sirisena to Dhaka since he was elected the president. He visited Bangladesh in 2013 and 2014 as a minister. Meanwhile, the foreign ministry of Bangladesh has deferred the joining of present Bangladesh High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Tarik Ahsan in the Islamabad mission due to the upcoming visit of the Sri Lankan President.