BRICS

Exploring BRICS and global governance

We fought two world wars because of economic nationalism, the driving force behind the warring powers.

Can BRICS de-dollarise the global financial system?

The Chinese yuan has become the most traded currency in Russia.

Let's fix the UN, before it is too late

The UN system demonstrates serious inadequacies.

Demystifying BRICS and the stakes for Bangladesh

Bangladesh has strong economic aspirations to become part of a forum like BRICS.

PM briefing media on BRICS summit

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is holding a press briefing at the Gono Bhaban on her recent visit to South Africa

Opinion / Should the BRICS exclusion disappoint Bangladesh?

Bangladesh’s interest in BRICS arises from various factors.

Investors see long wait for enlarged BRICS' economic boon

The expansion of the BRICS group of developing countries could provide a lifeline to capital-starved new entrants Iran and Argentina, but investors and analysts say a broader economic boon for the bloc's members is far from certain..Leaders of the BRICS - Brazil, Russia, India, China and S

PM to leave Johannesburg for Dhaka today

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will depart Johannesburg for Dhaka today, wrapping up her visit to South Africa

BRICS invites six countries including Saudi Arabia, Iran to be new members

The BRICS group of nations has decided to invite six countries - Argentina, Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates - to become new members of the bloc

August 24, 2023
August 24, 2023

BRICS membership: Experts don’t see immediate benefits

Trade economists are being cautiously optimistic about the immediate benefits if Bangladesh is given membership of the BRICS bloc, which is a five-nation alliance comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

August 24, 2023
August 24, 2023

Hasina Meets Chinese President: Xi calls for stepping up cooperation

Chinese President Xi Jinping during his meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called on China and Bangladesh to push for high-quality Belt and Road cooperation and give full play to their economic complementarity.

August 23, 2023
August 23, 2023

China urges BRICS expansion at summit of emerging economies

China on Tuesday threw its weight behind plans to expand the loosely-defined BRICS club of large emerging economies, which is seeking to assert its political and economic clout on the global stage

August 20, 2023
August 20, 2023

'Strong enough now': BRICS nations eye global geopolitical shift

Representing billions of people across three continents, with economies undergoing varying levels of growth, the BRICS share one thing in common -- disdain for a world order they see as serving the interests of rich Western powers.

August 20, 2023
August 20, 2023

Five things to know about BRICS

The BRICS countries, an acronym of the five members Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, meet for three days for a summit in Johannesburg starting Tuesday

June 24, 2023
June 24, 2023

The sun also rises

Those of us who thought the sickness trail of the pandemic was over have a rude awakening. The world is getting sicker by the day.

July 8, 2022
July 8, 2022

Are the BRICS breaking up?

The recent virtual BRICS summit, which brought together the heads of state and government of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, was interesting as much for what did not happen as for what did.

June 28, 2022
June 28, 2022

While US contemplates what else to “turn off” in the world, Argentina and Iran applied to join BRICS, Russia says

Iran has submitted an application to become a member in the group of emerging economies known as the BRICS, an Iranian official said on Monday.

April 8, 2019
April 8, 2019

In the age of massive global changes

Fundamental changes are taking place in the international system at a rapid pace. As a matter of fact, more chang-es have taken place in the world in the past 20 years than in the previous 200 years.

July 27, 2018
July 27, 2018

The BRICS in a multipolar world

This week, South Africa is hosting the tenth annual gathering of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa). When the first BRIC summit was held in 2009 (South Africa was added in 2010), the world was in the throes of a financial crisis of the developed world's making, and the increasingly dynamic BRIC bloc represented the future.