Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Monday said the BIMSTEC should focus more on youth, environment, and climate crisis issues.
He highlighted the achievements of the Bangladeshi youths who led a successful revolution in July-August.
“They are the future,” he said, adding that Dhaka would hold a festival for the youth shortly, and he hoped each of the seven nations would send young people to join the festival in the Bangladeshi capital.
Chief Adviser Prof Yunus made the remarks when Secretary General of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Ambassador Indra Mani Pandey called on him at the State Guest House Jamuna in Dhaka.

Thailand was expected to hold the BIMSTEC summit in September. But it was postponed and will be rescheduled later.
The secretary general briefed the chief adviser about the activities of the BIMSTEC, saying that the member nations were trying to transform it into a top active regional forum, according to the press wing of the chief adviser.
Ambassador Pandey said Bangladesh would take over the chair of the BIMSTEC after the upcoming summit with expectations that Prof Yunus's leadership will inject new life into the activities of the seven-nation group.