DU Live: Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Md. Akhtaruzzaman has stressed the need for further bolstering bilateral ties between Bangladesh and China in different fields including education, research, trade, economy and culture.

“An excellent friendly relationship between Bangladesh and China has been prevailing for a long time and the two countries could further strengthen the ties in the fields of education, research, trade, economy and culture,” he said.

The DU vice-chancellor expressed the view when Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming paid a courtesy call on him at his residential office on Thursday, a DU press release said today. The Chinese envoy was accompanied by some other high officials from his embassy.

At the meeting, Prof Akhtaruzzaman apprised the envoy of a brief history of Dhaka University and recalled its outstanding contribution to different democratic movements including the Liberation War in 1971 and Language Movement in 1952.

Dhaka 08 November (campuslive24.com)//IHA