Belt and Road Initiative

Belt and Road Initiative

Civil society representatives, academics, journalists and researchers attend a discussion titled 'Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Bangladesh: Problems, potentials and way forward' at The Business Standard office in Dhaka on 20 November 2025. Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS

Calls grow for balancing BRI benefits with social, environmental, labour risks

The event was jointly organised by TBS, CLEAN, BWGED, RIMA 2025, and the NGO Forum on ADB. Hasan Mehedi, chief executive of CLEAN, presented the keynote, and the session was moderated by Sajjadur...

FILE PHOTO: A woman walks in front of a sign at the "Belt and Road" summit in Hong Kong, China September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo

Italy withdraws from China's Belt and Road project

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BRI, IPS & IMEC: Former FS says Bangladesh cannot choose one initiative over the other

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev with other leaders gather for a group photo session at the Third Belt and Road Forum at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, October 18, 2023. Suo Takekuma/Pool via REUTERS

China's Xi warns against decoupling, lauds Belt and Road at forum

Chinese President Xi Jinping. File Photo: Collected

Trend toward mutually beneficial cooperation unstoppable: Xi Jinping

FILE PHOTO: A woman walks in front of a sign at the "Belt and Road" summit in Hong Kong, China September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo

China to host Belt and Road forum in Beijing 17-18 Oct

How China's Belt and Road changing Bangladesh's economy and infrastructures

How China's Belt and Road changing Bangladesh's economy and infrastructures

A worker walks out of a tunnel at the construction site of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), a Chinese-invested railway project, part of the Beijing 'Belt and Road Initiative', in Bentong, Malaysia, January 13, 2022. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain/File Photo

China says 90 countries have confirmed attendance for Belt and Road Initiative

U.S. President Joe Biden attends a working lunch with other G7 leaders to discuss shaping the global economy at the Yoga Pavilion, Schloss Elmau in Kuren, Germany, June 26, 2022. Kenny Holston/Pool via REUTERS

G7 aims to raise $600 billion to counter China's Belt and Road

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen attends the official welcome to the G7 leaders summit at Bavaria's Schloss Elmau castle, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany on 26 2022. Photo: Reuters

Europe must give developing nations alternative to Chinese funds, von der Leyen says

US President Joe Biden attends a working lunch with other G7 leaders to discuss shaping the global economy at the Yoga Pavilion, Schloss Elmau in Kuren, Germany, June 26, 2022. Photo: Reuters

US aims to raise $200 bln as part of G7 rival to China's Belt and Road

US plans projects in Latin America countering China's Belt and Road

US plans projects in Latin America countering China's Belt and Road

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FM calls for broader cooperation to make sustainable recovery from global crises