China

China pledges $2bn for developing world

Chinese President Xi Jinping pledges to establish a $2bn (£1.3bn) fund to assist developing countries and to significantly increase investment.
27 September 2015, 05:15 AM

China to announce climate pledge as Xi visits Washington

China's President Xi Jinping is set to unveil a landmark pledge on climate change and curbing harmful emissions, White House officials say.
25 September 2015, 14:48 PM

Chinese lawyer describes 'torture'

Prominent Chinese dissident and human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng has broken his silence to describe how he was allegedly tortured and kept in solitary confinement while in detention.
24 September 2015, 05:37 AM

China open to foreign companies: Xi Jinping

Chinese President Xi Jinping says the country will never close its open door to the outside world.
23 September 2015, 05:06 AM

A long agenda for Xi and Obama

When Presidents Xi Jinping and Barack Obama meet in the United States in a few days time, they will not be short of things to talk about.
22 September 2015, 05:55 AM

Pakistan delays hanging of disabled man

The planned hanging of a paraplegic prisoner in Pakistan has been delayed, his lawyer says.
22 September 2015, 05:04 AM

A different pivot to the East

China President Xi Jinping’s visit to the United States next week will mark an important stage in Sino-US relations, the most critical of current geostrategic relationships.
21 September 2015, 10:52 AM

UK guarantees £2bn nuke deal

Chancellor George Osborne has announced that the UK will guarantee a £2bn deal under which China will invest in the Hinkley Point nuclear power station.
21 September 2015, 05:44 AM

Apple hit by cyber attack in China

Apple says it is taking steps to remove a malicious program found in a number of applications used by owners of iPhones and iPads in China.
21 September 2015, 05:22 AM

Ecnec clears exclusive zone for Chinese investors

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council approves the proposed Chinese Economic and Industrial Zone to be set up on 774.25 acres of land at Anwara, Chittagong involving Tk 420.37 crore exclusively for Chinese investors.
15 September 2015, 15:17 PM

'Minions' becomes 2nd biggest animated movie ever

Minions has become the second-highest grossing animated film of all time after Academy Award-winning 2013 film Frozen.
15 September 2015, 07:01 AM

Iran foreign minister due tomorrow

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is to arrive in Dhaka tomorrow evening to brief the Bangladeshi leaderships on the deal signed between Iran and global superpowers recently.
14 September 2015, 14:25 PM

New signs of China economic slowdown

Growth in China's investment and factory output in August has come in below forecasts, in a further indication that the world's second-largest economy is losing steam.
13 September 2015, 15:31 PM

Italian-Chinese medical team to perform first head transplant

An Italian-Chinese medical team plans to perform the world's first head transplant in China, amid concerns over medical ethics in the country.
12 September 2015, 13:46 PM

Commodities haunted by Brazil, China woes

Coffee prices score new lows this week as Brazil was snared by emerging markets turmoil, while crude oil sank on stubborn fears over Chinese demand and global oversupply.
12 September 2015, 07:16 AM

'Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation' mints $18.5 mn in China

“Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation” earns $18.5 million on its first day in China, turning out to be one of the best debuts a US film has ever enjoyed in the country.
10 September 2015, 11:14 AM

France confirms wing part found on Reunion is from MH370

French prosecutors confirm Thursday that a wing part found on a remote Indian Ocean island is from ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, a month after tests on the flaperon began.
4 September 2015, 05:14 AM

7 odd ways to go to school

Bangladesh, takes its education seriously but it is not alone in its incredible story of children defeating the odds just to reach school.
3 September 2015, 04:55 AM

Man with mop saves dangling girl in China (video)

A quick-thinking man is being hailed as a hero in China for climbing outside a fourth-floor window to save a toddler who was dangling off the side of the building. And he did it using only a mop, reports The Huffington Post.
2 September 2015, 06:00 AM

VYING FOR SOME PERSIAN PIE

China is set to reap the windfall of the post-nuclear deal scenario with Iran. Indeed if one looks at Chinese engagement with Iran during the standoff between Washington and Tehran over the last few years, it is understandable why Beijing threw its weight behind a diplomatic solution to the nuclear issue.
31 August 2015, 18:00 PM