The UN health agency has "continued to urge China" to share more rapid, regular, reliable data on hospitalisations and deaths, as well as more comprehensive, real-time viral sequencing in the wake of a Covid surge in the East Asian country. "The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about the risk
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China targets seniors in COVID reopening push
China is loosening curbs in the wake of mass protests over its zero-COVID policy, but exiting the controversial strategy hinges on a key stumbling block: vaccinating more seniors. Thousands hit the streets nationwide last week in an unprecedented challenge to almost three years of some of the world's strictest virus measures,
China recalibrates zero-COVID as patience runs thin
Sun Chunlan, China's vice premier and COVID-19 czar, sat at a conference table surrounded by health experts wearing masks. "With the weakening of the pathogenicity of omicron, the popularity of vaccination, [and] the accumulation of experience in prevention and control, China is facing a new situation and new tasks," Beijing's
Lugang Technology to invest US$ 23 million in Ishwardi EPZ
Lugang Technology (Bangladesh) Limited, a Hong Kong (China) owned company, is going to establish a textile industry at Ishwardi Export Processing Zone (IEPZ). This fully foreign owned company will invest US$ 22.99 million where 3182 Bangladeshi nationals will get jobs, said a press release issued on Wednesday. The company will produce annually
How Xi Jinping’s 10 years in power changed China
How Bangladesh, China and India can be drawn into Myanmar conflict
Rakhine state has become a de facto battleground for the competing interests of Beijing, Delhi and Dhaka. The 2021 military coup in Myanmar sparked renewed civil conflict between Myanmar government forces, the Tatmadaw, and perhaps a dozen insurgent groups seeking their own ethnic states. Many of these conflicts have cross-border implications,
Railway to repair DEMU trains despite concern over loss
While there is serious concern over loss to the state coffers in running DEMU trains, the Bangladesh Railway has moved to repair 20 out-of-order trains to run them again by December next year. The government procured the Diesel Electric Multiple Unit (DEMU) trains with an estimated cost of BDT600 crore in
China serious about implementing Teesta project: Envoy
Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming on Thursday said his country is serious about implementing the Teesta River Comprehensive Management Project noting that it should be taken very positively for the benefit of the people of Bangladesh. He said China considers the project to be significant after Bangladesh formally proposed it
China not a barrier to stronger US-Bangladesh ties: Haas
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas has said Bangladesh's relationship with China "does not create a barrier" to a "cordial and stronger" Bangladesh-US relationship as Washington intends to build upon that partnership over the next 50 years. "We know that many countries, including the United States, have vital economic and
How China first conquered Tibet
The battle over Tibet between the Qing Dynasty and the Dzungar Khanate The modern history of Tibet is one defined by its relationship with its larger neighbour, China. The People’s Republic of China considers the territory to be historically Chinese and has cracked down on calls for greater autonomy and/or independence,