5 lakh doses of Sinopharm vaccine to arrive on May 12

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming on Monday announced that 5 lakh doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine will arrive in Bangladesh on May 12 as a special gift from China. "It's the latest outcome of China-Bangladesh anti-pandemic cooperation which again shows that our two peoples are in the same boat and

Corona, China and India’s lost priorities

Suddenly India looks very vulnerable in the face of corona. The general feeling was that the virus had been tackled in India and it emerged as a “hero ‘to its people. While infection rates soared in the rest of the world, India was relatively safe. On top of that India

China launches main module of permanent space station

China on Thursday launched the main module of its first permanent space station that will host astronauts long-term, the latest success for a program that has realized a number of its growing ambitions in recent years. The Tianhe, or “Heavenly Harmony,” module blasted into space atop a Long March 5B rocket

SCB appoints specialised ‘Corridor Banker’ for China

Standard Chartered Bank Bangladesh recently announced the appointment of Samuel Liew as ‘Corridor Banker’ for China Corridor Business for Standard Chartered Bangladesh. His appointment will further strengthen the China Trade and Investment desk in Bangladesh which has been a key strategic focus for the Bank, said a press release. Samuel joined Standard

Social media distorts Chinese culture, culinary across globe

The China-South Asia Center for Socio-Cultural Studies under Political Science and Sociology faculty of North South University organized a webinar on Thursday to disseminate a research findings about Social Media Representation of China with regard to COVID-19 in Bangladesh. The webinar was chaired by Professor Tawfique M Haque, Director, SIPG and

India’s Myanmar dilemma reflects a changing world

Once India worried only about Pakistan but now its headaches is spread across the region. The recent border cease-fire with Pakistan indicates that Pakistan is only one of its problems. Maybe the biggest but others are there too. For the moment, Myanmar doesn’t look good for India. It had hoped that

The Uighur problem is here to stay?

The news of Uighurs facing ethnic cleansing is on media every day. That Uighurs faces extreme difficulties that threaten their culture and society, basically the structure in which they live in. So the threat is fundamental. Unfortunately, looking at global and regional politics, it’s obvious that factors are not simply

Japan, US to share China worry as ministers meet in Tokyo

Japan and the United States joined forces Tuesday to criticize China's “coercion and aggression" in Asia as senior ministers from both countries held their first in-person talks since President Joe Biden took office in January. Aside from the sharp rhetoric aimed at Beijing, the meeting in Tokyo and a planned stop

China offers Bangladesh 100k doses of Covid vaccine

China on Monday offered to provide 100,000 doses of Chinese coronavirus vaccine to Bangladesh for emergency use. Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming made this offer when he met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the latter’s official residence Ganobhaban in the morning. “The Chinese ambassador offered to provide 100,000 doses of the