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  "path": "/news/2009465/bangladesh-pm-to-visit-malaysia-china-on-first-foreign-tour",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-20T09:20:16.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.dawn.com",
  "tags": [
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    "assuming office",
    "Teesta project",
    "then-prime minister Sheikh Hasina",
    "sought her extradition"
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  "textContent": "Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is set to visit Malaysia and China on his first trip abroad since assuming office, the foreign ministry said on Saturday, bypassing neighbouring India as his inaugural destination.\n\nRahman will visit Malaysia on Sunday before travelling to China the following day, Dhaka’s state-run _BSS_ news agency reported, citing foreign ministry officials.\n\nIn Beijing, trade and infrastructure projects will be on the agenda, according to the officials.\n\nThose could include Chinese support for the long-delayed Teesta project, a plan to restore and manage a key Bangladesh river through dredging, embankment construction and irrigation.\n\n“The visits are being viewed as a major diplomatic initiative aimed at strengthening Bangladesh’s economic partnerships,” _BSS_ reported, citing the foreign ministry.\n\nMalaysia has an estimated 800,000 Bangladeshi workers, more than a third of its foreign workforce.\n\nBangladeshi land is largely encircled by India, but relations have been strained since a 2024 uprising toppled the government of then-prime minister Sheikh Hasina, an ally of New Delhi.\n\nTies improved after Rahman won elections and took over in February from the interim administration that had led the country of 170 million people since Hasina’s ouster.\n\nBut frictions remain. Hasina has been in hiding in India since fleeing the revolution and Bangladesh has repeatedly sought her extradition.\n\nRelations have also deteriorated along the border, with India sending people it deems illegal migrants across the frontier to Bangladesh.",
  "title": "Bangladesh PM to visit Malaysia, China on first foreign tour"
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