NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was expected to visit Dhaka next week, has cancelled his trip amid a surging threat of coronavirus in South Asia, sources said.

Bangladesh has also cancelled the grand ceremony of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's birth centenary which Modi was scheduled to attend on March 17.

On Sunday, Bangladesh confirmed its first batch pf coronavirus cases. Three people, two of whom had recently returned from Italy, tested positive for Covid-19 as per official authorities.