Asian mini-summit ready

Final preparations are underway in Dhaka for the trade summit involving Bangladesh, India and Pakistan on Thursday.

The Bangladeshi foreign minister, Abdus Samad Azad, said he hoped trade and economic co-operation in the region would increase considerably after the meeting.

It's also been announced that the Indian and Pakistani prime ministers will have a private meeting at the summit to discuss progress on Kashmiri peace moves.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service