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BIMSTEC summit likely in August last week or September first week

Kathmandu, June 3

The Government of Nepal has proposed that it hold the fourth summit of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) in the last week of August or the first week of September.

A meeting of Council of Ministers held on Sunday decided to float the proposal of holding the summit on August 30-31 or September 6-7 in Nepal to member states.

Nepal is due to hold the fourth summit of regional body comprising Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

Earlier, the summit was scheduled for 2017, but was postponed later.

Government spokesperson and Minister for Communications and Information Technology Minister Gokul Banskota informs that the government also formed various panels to prepare for the summit.

Meanwhile, the government also decided to table a bill on the Administrative Court in Parliament.

Likewise, the government decided to launch the second phase of Student Enrolment Campaign as around 59,000 students of school age were found to be out of schools.

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