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- Bangla QR to transform digital payment landscape
- PM to take timely steps to reduce trade deficit: Rizvi
- UAE to see extreme summer heat above 50°C
- Alibaba sues US for being linked to Chinese military
- HC resolves over 20,000 old cases in four working days
- Navana Group Vice Chairman, 3 others granted bail
- In-house coaching in every educational institution, says Education Minister
- PM travels from Dalian to Beijing by high-speed bullet train
- Govt to launch online pension tracking system to ease pension suffering
- PM leaves Dalian for Beijing
- Hezbollah says Israel’s Lebanon strategy collapsed, demands pullout
- Work shortages, financial strain trigger industrial slump as 86% of 457 factories shut
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- Gold, silver prices reduced in local market
- PM attends WEF plenary session in China
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- Foreign aid commitments fall by 23%
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Indian media needn't make a fuss about PM’s China visit: Global Times
Tarique Rahman, Prime Minister of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh, will pay an official visit to China from Wednesday to Friday. This will be his first visit to China since taking office, and he will also attend the 17th Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Dalian. The packed and substantive...
China rolls out red carpet for Tarique Rahman
A red carpet was rolled out as Prime Minister Tarique Rahman arrived in China on Monday night from Kuala Lumpur, concluding his two-day official visit to Malaysia. A special Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying the prime minister and his spouse Zubaida Rahman landed at Dalian Zhoushuizi...
Dhaka, Beijing to sign 15-17 instruments during PM’s visit: FS
Bangladesh and China are expected to sign 15 to 17 bilateral instruments during Prime Minister Tarique Rahmans upcoming visit to China, with discussions on the long-awaited Teesta project. Foreign Secretary Asad Alam Siam disclosed the information at a media briefing at the foreign ministry on...
China’s UN envoy calls on Israel to stop violating Gaza ceasefire
Fu Cong, Chinas permanent representative to the UN, has called on Israel to stop violating the US-brokered ceasefire in place since last October in Gaza, according to the countrys Xinhua news agency. Speaking at an emergency UN Security Council session on the humanitarian situation in Gaza, Fu...
BIDA to open first overseas office in China within three months
The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) Executive Chairman Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun said the organization is considering opening its first overseas office in China within the next three months. Speaking at the China-South Asia Expo, Ashik Chowdhury said, The overseas...
Chinese-linked hackers targeted US, Canadian research institutions for over a year, Google says
A Chinese-linked hacking group spent more than a year covertly stealing data from academic, medical, and military research institutions in the United States and Canada before being detected, according to a report released by Google on Monday, reports Reuters. Between September 2023 and November...
Myanmar president to visit China for talks with Xi Jinping
Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing will pay an official visit to China next week for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Beijing announced on Friday, reports AFP. According to Chinas Foreign Ministry, Min Aung Hlaing will visit the country from June 15 to 19 as the two sides seek to deepen...
US adds Alibaba, Baidu and BYD to military-linked companies list
The United States has added Chinese technology and industrial giants Alibaba, Baidu and BYD to a list of companies that Washington says are linked to or supporting Chinas military, a move that could further strain relations between the worlds two largest economies, reports Reuters. The updated...
Low-cost AI system uses earthquake sensors to track whales
Scientists in south Chinas Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region have turned earthquake-monitoring equipment into an AI-powered system capable of detecting the low-frequency calls of endangered whales, reports Xinhua. By combining an island-based seismometer with deep-learning technology, researchers...
China’s Xi headed to North Korea in bid to shore up ties
Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit North Korea on June 8-9 following an invitation from Kim Jong Un, according to state broadcaster CCTV, reports Al Jazeera. The visit, announced on Friday, comes as Beijing seeks to shore up ties, with Pyongyang having strengthened relations with Russia. Xi...
Robot patrol dogs could be coming to Taiwan's South China Sea islands
The Taiwan militarys top weapons development institute showed off on Tuesday three robot patrol dogs that could one day be used on Taiwans islands in the disputed South China Sea, reports Reuters. Democratically governed Taiwan, which Beijing views as its own territory, has been modernising its...
US takes step to halt Nvidia AI chip shipments to Chinese firms outside China
The United States has tightened its export controls on advanced AI chips by closing a loophole that could have enabled Chinese companies overseas subsidiaries to acquire high-end semiconductors such as Nvidias Blackwell processors, according to new guidance issued by the Commerce Department. The...
PM mourns victims of coal mine blast in China
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has expressed deep shock and grief at the loss of many lives in an explosion in coal mine in Shanxi Province of China. We are deeply saddened hearing the news of coal mine explosion in Shanxi Province and the heartbreaking loss of so many lives, he said in a message...
China's DeepSeek to make permanent 75% price cut on flagship V4‑Pro AI model
Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek will make permanent a 75% price cut on its flagship V4 Pro artificial intelligence model, keeping prices at a quarter of their original level, the company said in a statement on Saturday. DeepSeek did not disclose whether the permanent price cut...
Gas explosion at Chinese coal mine kills at least 90 people
A gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China has killed at least 90 people, according to state media, in one of the countrys deadliest mining disasters in more than a decade. Chinas official Xinhua News Agency reported that 247 workers were underground at the Liushenyu coal mine in Qinyuan...
Strongly advised to stay vigilant against fraud, China tells Bangladeshi visa seekers
The Embassy of China on Wednesday said they are committed to providing efficient and quality visa services for Bangladeshi citizens and will continue to introduce measures to facilitate personnel exchanges between China and Bangladesh. Applicants are strongly advised to stay vigilant against...
Beijing Balances Between Washington and Moscow
The high-level meeting between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping in Beijing represents more than a routine diplomatic engagement; it reflects the evolving structure of global power politics in a deeply unstable international environment. The timing of the talks immediately after Donald Trump visited...
Earthquake hits China; two killed, 13 buildings collapsed
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake in Chinas southwest region of Guangxi early on Monday killed two and forced more than 7,000 in the city of Liuzhou to evacuate as search and rescue operations continue and authorities warn of transport disruptions. There were two confirmed deaths with one still...
Taiwan says it is ‘sovereign and independent’ after Trump remarks
Taiwan has said it is sovereign and independent after US President Donald Trump said he was not seeking to support a formal declaration of independence by the self-governing island. In a statement on Saturday, Taiwan said it would maintain the cross-strait status quo, meaning it would not...
Trump departs China touting deals, but little clarity on Iran or Taiwan
United States President Donald Trump has departed China following a three-day trip, touting several broad trade deals but suggesting little progress on key issues related to Taiwan or the US-Israeli war in Iran, reports Al Jazeera. Trumps visit, the first of his second term, was filled with pomp...
Boeing confirms China commitment for 200 aircraft during Trump visit
Aerospace giant Boeing confirmed Friday that China has committed to purchasing 200 aircraft during US President Donald Trumps visit to Beijing a deal that could eventually expand to as many as 750 additional planes, reports AFP. We had a very successful trip to China and accomplished our major...
China’s Commerce Ministry open to expanded US cooperation
China is willing to work with the US to continuously expand its cooperation list, Chinas Ministry of Commerce spokesperson He Yongqian says. Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent engaged in candid, in-depth and constructive exchanges in South Korea on Wednesday,...
Xi hails new era in US-China ties, warns Trump on Taiwan
Chinese leader Xi Jinping hailed a new era of US-China relations defined by constructive and stable ties, during his historic summit with President Donald Trump in Beijing on Thursday, CNN, AFP and Al Jazeera reported. The two leaders agreed to establish a constructive strategic stable...
US clears H200 chip sales to 10 China firms as Nvidia CEO looks for breakthrough
The U.S. has cleared around 10 Chinese firms to buy Nvidias second-most powerful AI chip, the H200, but not a single delivery has been made so far, three people familiar with the matter said, leaving a major technology deal in limbo as CEO Jensen Huang seeks a breakthrough in China this week....
Is US-China tariff war over as leaders seek to repair damage?
The US and China are trying to ease the economic strain caused by a prolonged tariff war that has sharply reduced trade between the worlds two largest economies, reports AP. US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are meeting in Beijing as both countries seek to...
Xi expected to press Trump on Taiwan, tariffs during summit
Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to seek concessions on Taiwan and US tariffs when he meets United States President Donald Trump for a high-stakes summit taking place in the shadow of the war on Iran, reports Al Jazeera. Trump will arrive in China on Wednesday evening for a three-day...
China’s Sinovac donates 380,000 doses of polio vaccine to Bangladesh
Chinese organisation Sinovac Biotech, through the Sinovac Foundation, donated 380,000 doses of WHO pre-qualified polio vaccine to Bangladesh to support the governments immunisation programme and strengthen its Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) activities. Health Minister Sardar Md...
China launches Tianzhou-10 cargo craft to send space station supplies
China launched the cargo craft Tianzhou-10 from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on Monday morning to deliver supplies for its orbiting Tiangong space station, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The Long March-7 rocket, carrying Tianzhou-10, blasted off at 8:14 a.m. (Beijing Time)...