The Secretariat of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) in Dhaka celebrated the 25th Anniversary on 6th June, 2022.
It evolved from the signing of the Bangkok Declaration on June 6 in 1996.
The signature of the BIMSTEC Charter was done during the Fifth Summit in Colombo on March 30, 2022.
Its headquarters is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand are members of BIMSTEC.