BIMSTECball

Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperationball (BIMSTECball) is an international organisationball of seven nations of South Asia and Southeast Asia, housing 1.5 billion people and having a combined gross domestic product of $3.5 trillion (2018). The BIMSTEC member states – Bangladeshball,  Bhutanball,  Indiaball,  Myanmarball,  Nepalrawr,  Sri Lankaball, and  Thailandball – are among the countries dependent on the Bay of Bengal.

Fourteen priority sectors of cooperation have been identified and several BIMSTEC centres have been established to focus on those sectors. A BIMSTEC free trade agreement is under negotiation (c. 2018), also referred to as the mini SAARCball.

Leadership is rotated in alphabetical order of country names. The permanent secretariat is in Dhakaball, Bangladeshball.