'Meeting with China amid discomfort with US' - 'New reckoning in A-League and BNP'

Relations with the United States were already strained on various issues including democracy and human rights. Among these, the visa policy of the United States for Bangladesh has created new discomfort. In this context, Bangladesh and China are holding a meeting at the level of the foreign ministry in Dhaka on Saturday.

Various issues of bilateral relations will be discussed in this meeting. Contemporary regional and global issues may come up for discussion. China's cooperation in Rohingya repatriation can be of particular importance. Apart from this, the MoU regarding Bangladesh's joining China's Global Development Initiative (GDI) may also be discussed. such

The Chinese Vice Minister will visit the Padma Bridge. The news says that China's Vice Minister Sun Weidong is on his way to Dhaka on a significant visit. His two-day visit officially begins on Saturday. He will be busy with the series program in Dhaka till Sunday. All issues of bilateral relations will be discussed during the visit.

The new reckoning is in the A-League and BNP - Daily Samakal headlines. It has been said that the new visa policy of the United States is a new reckoning in the politics of Bangladesh. By doing this, the government party will take a strategy to ensure a fair election. On the other hand, the opposition party may have to change its strategy.

Awami League presidium member Dr. Abdur Razzaq said this is a warning for everyone. Amir Khosru Mahmud, a member of the BNP Standing Committee, says that the rationale of the movement is reflected here.

29,000 US Visas Issued to Bangladeshis in 2022 – This is the main headline of Daily Banik Barta.

It is said that in the decade from 2013 to 2022, the United States has issued more than 200,000 non-immigrant US visas to Bangladeshi citizens in different parts of the world. Last year also 29 thousand 202 such visas were issued. Due to the outbreak of the pandemic, the volume of visa issuance was slightly lower in 2020 and 2021, but it has started to increase again in recent times.