Second Belt and Road Initiative Exhibition opens in Dhaka - The

TBT DESK:The second edition of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Bangladesh Exhibition was inaugurated on Friday at the International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB), showcasing the growing scope of cooperation between Dhaka and Beijing. Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin opened the two-day exhibition as chief guest. The ceremony was attended by Chinese Ambassador Yao Wen, Additional Secretary of the Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry Md Sobur Hossain, Finance Ministry’s ERD Additional Secretary Mirana Mahrukh, and President of the Chinese Enterprises Association in Bangladesh (CEAB) Han Kun, among others. In his address, the adviser raised concern over Bangladesh’s alarming road safety record, describing it as “almost like a mass killing” caused largely by unsafe commercial vehicles. He urged Chinese...