Xi Jinping pays homage to Bangladesh’s Liberation War martyrs

Later Armed forces gave him guard of honor at 9:14am Saturday. Unprecedented security measures have been taken in Dhaka and Savar during the visit of the Chinese president. He will leave Dhaka for Goa, India to attend the eighth BRICS Summit at 10am. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will see him off at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. On Friday afternoon, heads of the two governments signed 27 deals – 15 Memorandums of Understanding and 12 loan and framework agreements – on different projects. Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Dhaka Friday on a 22-hour state visit. A special aircraft of Air China carrying the Chinese president and his entourage landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 11:40am on the day.