The recent meeting between National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing was an important diplomatic step forward. The two officials met as Special Representatives (SR) of the two countries. They have met periodically in the last two decades to address bilateral issues, with...
India and Japan have resolved design differences regarding the upcoming high-speed Bullet Train along the Mumbai - Ahmedabad route, senior officials told. The design changes are expected to be “formally approved soon”. The redesigning will allow these high speed trains in India to have better load bearing capacities - that include...
Foreign Affairs Adviser Touhid Hossain called for transforming the Bay of Bengal into a hub of collaboration and sustainable development, while Japan's Ambassador to Bangladesh, Iwama Kiminori stressed the need for mutual trust between Dhaka and Delhi to unlock the region's connectivity potential. Addressing the inaugural session of an international...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) is printing new notes changing the existing design with the inclusion of features of the July uprising. According to the central bank, the banknotes of Tk20, 100, 500, and 1000 are being printed as per instruction of the interim government. The new notes will not include image of...
It was a breakthrough year in India-China ties after a near freeze in their ties for over four years – the longest since the 1962 war – with an agreement to end the eastern Ladakh military standoff. After “amassing of a large number of troops by China along the Line...
The United States is stepping up its efforts to stop goods prepared with alleged forced labour in China's Xinjiang region from entering the US markets, as per reports. The VOA stated that on November 22, the US Department of Homeland Security added 29 more Chinese companies to a list of...
U.S. officials suspect that a recently discovered Chinese hacking and espionage campaign scooped up data on hundreds of thousands of American mobile phone users, likely stealing information about more than 1 million customers, ABC News has learned. Sources familiar with the investigation gave ABC News a detailed sense of the...
China and the Philippines gave conflicting versions on Wednesday of a maritime confrontation around a contested shoal in the South China Sea, the latest row in a longstanding dispute between the neighbours. Chinese coast guard vessels fired water cannons and side-swiped a Manila fisheries bureau boat on the way to...
China announced Tuesday it is banning exports to the United States of gallium, germanium, antimony and other key high-tech materials with potential military applications, as a general principle, lashing back at U.S. limits on semiconductor-related exports. The Chinese Commerce Ministry announced the move after the Washington expanded its list of...
For over two years, Russia and Ukraine have been locked in a deadly conflict. During this period, the Russian military launched numerous attacks on Ukraine using various lethal weapons, culminating in widespread destruction. Recently, Russia demonstrated the MIRV (Multiple Independently Re-entry Vehicle) missile technology used in Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles...