MAKING WAVES E-NEWS BRIEF: 15 – 31 MARCH 2022

On March 30, the fifth Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa presided over the summit, which was attended electronically by leaders from BIMSTEC member countries, including India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, and Thailand are the other BIMSTEC members, in addition to Sri Lanka and India.