Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- Invest Bangladesh Chairman Ashik Chowdhury has urged major Chinese financial institutions to set up local banking operations in Bangladesh to provide direct trade finance, capital solutions, and long-term investment support for expanding bilateral trade and industrial partnerships.

The call was made during "Bangladesh Day," organized jointly by the Export-Import Bank of China (China Exim Bank) and Invest Bangladesh at the bank's headquarters in Beijing on Tuesday.

The high-level event brought together representatives from 11 leading Chinese financial institutions-including three of the world's four largest banks by assets: Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), Agricultural Bank of China, and Bank of China-alo...