Bangladesh and China today signed four memoranda of understanding (MoUs) to strengthen bilateral cooperation in media sector and promote the use of modern technologies. According to a Bangladesh’s information and broadcasting ministry statement, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and Chinese Premier Li Qiang witnessed the signing of the MoUs at Beijing’s historic Great Hall of the People. It said Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapon and the heads of China’s state news agency Xinhua and China Media Group (CMG) inked the deals. According to the statement the MoUs will expand opportunities for bilateral cooperation between Bangladesh and China in news…
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Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today paid tributes at the Monument to the People’s Heroes at the Tiananmen Square here by placing a special red-green wreath. While placing the wreath, the national anthems of the two countries were played and the bugle sounded the last post. After laying the wreath at the Monument, the prime minister stood in solemn silence for some time as a mark of profound respect to the memory of the Chinese revolutionary heroes. On his arrival at the square around 9.10am (local time) today, a smartly turned out contingent of the Chinese Armed Forces gave the Bangladesh…
Zhao Leji, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) of China called on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman at the Great Hall of the People here this morning. He arrived at the Great Hall of the People here around 9.30am (local time) from Tiananmen Square. Earlier today, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman paid tributes at the Monument to the People’s Heroes at the Tiananmen Square here by placing a special red-green wreath. The national anthems of the two countries were played on the occasion while the bugle sounded the last post. After laying the wreath at the Monument,…
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today visited the Museum of the Communist Party of China (CPC), which houses permanent and comprehensive exhibitions of the party’s history, here. Upon his arrival, the museum’s curator received the prime minister and escorted him on a guided tour of the museum. Accompanied by his wife, Dr Zubaida Rahman, and other members of his entourage, the premier toured the museum’s galleries and experienced an immersive audio-visual coaster show. At the conclusion of the visit, the prime minister signed the visitors’ book. He left the museum at 12:40 pm local time for the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse. The…
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman held a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People here this morning. Earlier, Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) spokesman Mahdi Amin said Tarique Rahman would raise various issues related to Bangladesh’s national interests in the meeting. This visit aims to deepen Bangladesh-China relations across multiple dimensions, said Amin. From strategic cooperation to trade, investment, employment, development projects, and people-to-people exchanges, bilateral engagement between the two countries is expected to reach new heights, he said. Earlier, Zhao Leji, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) of China, called…
Cultural Affairs Minister Nitai Roy Chowdhury today said that mobile library services are currently being operated at 3,200 spots in 368 upazilas and police station areas across all 64 districts of the country. The service is being delivered through 76 mobile library vehicles to expand reading opportunities at the grassroots level, he said. The minister said this while responding to a tabled question by opposition bench member Md. Anwarul Islam (Kurigram-1) in Jatiya Sangsad. He said the mobile library programme is creating alternative sources of reading materials for the general public, particularly women, children and adolescents. The initiative is also…
Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Ariful Haque Choudhury today expressed optimism that Bangladesh could receive positive developments regarding the Malaysian labour market by July, saying the outcomes of the Prime Minister’s recent visit to Malaysia would begin to materialize from next month. “We expect good news regarding the Malaysian labour market within July,” he told journalists after inspecting ongoing activities of the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment at Sylhet Osmani International Airport, said a press release. Referring to the Prime Minister’s Malaysia tour, the minister said the visit was highly successful and productive, yielding positive progress in…
Bangladesh has called for stronger international support for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and graduating LDCs through the fulfillment of Official Development Assistance (ODA) commitments and expanded concessional financing. Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Salahuddin Noman Chowdhury made the call while speaking at the General Assembly-ECOSOC Joint Thematic Event on the Midterm Review of the Doha Programme of Action (DPoA) held at the UN Headquarters in New York yesterday (Wednesday), according to an official handout received here today. Addressing the event, the ambassador underscored the need to safeguard the hard-earned development gains of the LDCs amid growing…
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the Communist Party of China (CPC) at Diaoyutai state guesthouse here today. Humaiun Kobir, BNP Joint Secretary General (International Relations) and Liu Haixing, Minister of the International Department of the CPC, signed the MoU on behalf of their respective political parties. Bangladesh Prime Minister and BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman, Minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee Liu Haixing, Bangladesh Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapon, Water Resources Minister Md. Shahiduddin Chowdhury Anee and State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism M. Rashiduzzaman…
Bangladesh and China have agreed to strengthen cooperation in the management of the Teesta and other rivers in Bangladesh. The agreement came when Chinese water resources minister Li Guoying called on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman at Diaoyutai state guest house here today. During the meeting, the Prime Minister highlighted Bangladesh’s ongoing river excavation programme aimed at reducing flood risks, protecting the environment, and ensuring the proper management of water resources. In this connection, he sought China’s support in improving Bangladesh’s water resource management. Tarique Rahman also sought Chinese technical assistance in the Teesta management project. In response, the Chinese minister…
