Dhaka, June 24 -- The Communist Party of China (CPC) has formally invited Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman to visit China at a mutually convenient time, marking a potential strengthening of political ties between the two parties.

The invitation was extended by Li Hongzhong, a member of the CPC Central Committee Politburo and Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, during a meeting with a high-level BNP delegation in Beijing on Monday. The delegation was led by BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

According to Sayrul Kabir Khan of the BNP media cell, the meeting took place at the Great Hall of the People, where senior CPC leaders formally welcomed the BNP d...