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Bangladesh's Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is acceptable to sojourn Malaysia and China connected his archetypal travel overseas since assuming office, the Foreign Ministry said connected Saturday (June 20, 2026), bypassing neighbouring India arsenic his inaugural destination.
Mr. Rahman volition sojourn Malaysia connected Sunday (June 21) earlier travelling to China the pursuing day, Dhaka's state-run BSS quality bureau reported, citing Foreign Ministry officials.
In Beijing, commercialized and infrastructure projects volition beryllium connected the agenda, according to the officials.
Those could see Chinese enactment for the long-delayed Teesta project, a program to reconstruct and negociate a cardinal Bangladesh stream done dredging, embankment operation and irrigation.
"The visits are being viewed arsenic a large diplomatic inaugural aimed astatine strengthening Bangladesh's economical partnerships," BSS reported, citing the Foreign Ministry.
Malaysia has an estimated 800,000 Bangladeshi workers, much than a 3rd of its overseas workforce.
