Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus is likely to attend the upcoming BIMSTEC Summit in Bangkok, Thailand in the first week of September this year.
This is going to be his first foreign tour as head of the interim government.
Prof Yunus will deliver his speech at the summit on 4 September, an official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
Bangladesh will take responsibility as the next chair of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) at the Bangkok summit.
As per the draft schedule, the chief adviser will leave Dhaka for Bangkok on 3 September and will return home on 5 September.

He is likely to hold a number of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the summit, including a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The 2nd BIMSTEC Foreign Ministers’ Retreat was held in New Delhi on 11-12 July and saw the participation of Foreign/External Affairs Ministers from all member states, with the exception of Nepal, which was represented by its Foreign Secretary.
Secretary General of the BIMSTEC Indra Mani Pandey has recently said the next summit will have some significant outcomes and it will set a direction for the future of the BIMSTEC.