Hasina urges Chinese businessmen to invest in Bangladesh鈥檚 main sectors
Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday called upon the Chinese business community to invest in Bangladesh鈥檚 main sectors for mutual benefits...
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Philippines, Japan sign key defence pact
The Philippines and Japan signed a key defence pact on Monday that will allow the deployment of troops on each other鈥檚 territory, as they boost ties in the face of...
Bangladesh PM arrives in China on 4-day visit
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday arrived in Beijing on a four-day bilateral visit at the invitation of her Chinese counterpart.
Prime minister Hasina leaves Bangladesh for China on official visit
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday left Dhaka for Beijing on a four-day official visit to China at the invitation of Chinese prime minister Li Qiang...
Dhaka prefers India over China
Foreign minister Hasan Mahmud said on Sunday that Bangladesh would have to consider India鈥檚 proposal to implement the Teesta development project first since it was a...
Bangladesh, China likely to sign around 20 MoUs during PM鈥檚 Beijing visit: FM
Bangladesh and China are likely to sign around 20 memorandums of understanding and make announcements on inauguration of some development projects during prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 official visit to China that begins on Monday.....
Top Myanmar general in China for official visit
The Myanmar junta鈥檚 second-in-command arrived in China on Saturday for an official visit, the junta鈥檚 information team said, as clashes with ethnic minority fighters raged in the...
Top Myanmar general in China for official visit: junta
The Myanmar junta's second-in-command arrived in China on Saturday for an official visit, the junta's information team said, as clashes with ethnic minority fighters raged in the north of the country despite a Beijing-brokered ceasefire.
India is political friend while China development partner: Quader
Ruling Awami League general secretary and road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said that India was a political friend of Bangladesh while China had contributed a lot to the country as a development partner...
Chinese AI market optimistic despite scrutiny from West
China鈥檚 AI sector showed confidence this week at a major fair in Shanghai that it would overcome restrictions imposed by the West, with companies rolling out cutting-edge...
China cracks down money changing syndicates in Macau
Loan sharks earn tens of millions of dollars a year by providing underground money exchange services and cash smuggling networks for Chinese gamblers in Macau, China鈥檚 Public Security Ministry said on Friday....
Bangladesh to seek $7b from China to boost trade in business summit during PM鈥檚 visit
Bangladesh will host a trade and investment summit in Beijing during prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 upcoming state visit to China....
90 minuites that shook the liberal world
GIVE me a sec to think. I need to make a list. Two. The genocide in Gaza, the Middle East tinderbox, Bezalel Smotrich, the lost proxy war in Ukraine, relations with Russia, the danger of nuclear war, the fate of NATO, China, the threat of war with Iran, the emergence of a new world order, Europe鈥檚 turn toward populism, third world debt, global inequality...
Three sent to jail over trafficking Bangladeshi woman to China
A Rangamati court on Thursday sent three people to jail after they were arrested on Wednesday night over alleged involvement in trafficking a woman from Bangladesh鈥檚 Chattogram Hill Tracts to China....
China鈥檚 BYD opens EV plant in Thailand despite slowdown, tariff row
China鈥檚 electric vehicle giant BYD opened a factory in Thailand on Thursday, continuing its international expansion despite a market slowdown and hours before the European Union was due to impose swingeing tariffs on Chinese EV firms....
EU slaps Chinese EVs with tariffs of up to 38pc
The European Union on Thursday slapped extra provisional duties of up to 38 per cent on Chinese electric car imports because of 鈥榰nfair鈥� state subsidies, despite Beijing鈥檚 warnings the move would unleash a trade war...
Breakthrough likely in China support for Bangladesh鈥檚 forex reserve: envoy
The Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh, Yao Wen, on Thursday said that prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 forthcoming visit to China was expected to make a...
Sinopec to explore gas in Sylhet at Tk 444cr
The government on Wednesday appointed the Sinopec International Petroleum Service Corporation of China to drill an exploratory well and a development of a well in Sylhet...
2,40,000 evacuated in China rainstorms
Nearly a quarter of a million people were evacuated in eastern China as rainstorms lashed swathes of the country and caused the Yangtze and other rivers to swell, state media reported on Wednesday...
Taiwan says China military drone spotted near remote island airport
A Chinese military drone hovered near an airport on a remote Taiwan island causing delays to flights, Taipei鈥檚 military and local media said on Wednesday...
China leading surge in generative AI patents: UN
The number of international patent filings for innovations using cutting-edge generative artificial intelligence have surged eightfold in six years, the UN said Wednesday, the majority from China-based innovators...
Bangladesh needs China for its rapid industrialization: Shahriar
Former state minister for foreign affairs, Md Shahriar Alam, on Wednesday said Bangladesh needed 聽China for its rapid industrialization and noted the significant role that China has played over the last 15 years....
Oscar-winning Hollywood writer Robert Towne dies
Robert Towne, the Hollywood writer whose 鈥楥hinatown鈥� script is often described as the greatest screenplay ever written, died at 89....
China builds new presidential palace in Vanuatu
The government of cash-strapped Vanuatu will soon settle into a suite of new buildings funded by China, a move likely to reignite concerns about Beijing鈥檚 reach in the South Pacific nation...
Sri Lanka to save $5b from bilateral debt deal
Sri Lanka will save $5 billion following the restructure of its bilateral debt, much of which is owed to China, through slashed interest rates and longer repayment schedules, the president said Tuesday...
China Southern Airlines to launch Dhaka-Beijing direct flight
China Southern Airlines will inaugurate direct flight from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka connecting the capitals of the two nations for the first time on July 15....
Xi Jinping arrives in Kazakhstan for state visit, summit
Chinese president Xi Jinping arrived in Kazakhstan for a state visit on Tuesday....
China factory activity contracts for 2nd month
Factory activity in China shrank for a second straight month in June, data showed Sunday, underscoring the country鈥檚 shaky economic recovery ahead of a key political gathering expected to focus on deepening reform...
China urges Taiwanese to visit without worry
China has urged Taiwanese to visit the mainland 鈥榳ithout the slightest worry鈥�, condemning the island authorities鈥� decision to raise their travel alert level after Beijing threats...
Sri Lanka鈥檚 creditors demand deal details, including with China
Sri Lanka鈥檚 bilateral lenders who agreed to restructure close to $6 billion in loans have demanded 鈥榗omparability of treatment鈥� with other creditors, including China...