The Eighth Meeting of the BIMSTEC Network of Policy Think Tanks (BNPTT) was held on 14–15 October 2026 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, hosted by the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI). It brought together the National Focal Points in the Ministries of the Foreign Affairs and Representatives of the designated BNPTT institutions from the BIMSTEC Member States to deliberate regional cooperation in Science, Technology and Innovation, Health and Human Resource Development Sectors as well as other sectors on the Agenda of BIMSTEC. BNPTT has contributed immensely to evolution of the comprehensive agenda and Plans of Action for regional cooperation under BIMSTEC.