State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md. Shahriar Alam on Sunday said the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (Bimstec) has huge prospects for economic cooperation as much its potentials are still unexplored and unexploited. 

The government has appointed M. Shahidul Islam, currently serving as the Secretary General of BIMSTEC, as the next Ambassador of Bangladesh to the United States of America. 

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam has said that Bangladesh will construct a multi-storied modern building for the Bimstec Secretariat.