Dhaka Tuesday, Jun 23, 2026
- No Plan to Provide New Gas Connections to Household Sector
- All Quick Rental Power Plants Retired: Power Minister
- Fuel Oil Sales: BPC Incurring Daily Loss of Tk 780 Million
- It Will Take Time to Break Free from the Cycle of Corruption in the Power Sector: Information Minister
- Electricity Prices Increased for All Consumers
- Approval Given to Purchase Three LNG Cargoes
- Diesel, Kerosene Prices Cut By 50p For November
- AI Boom To Fuel Natural Gas Demand In Coming Years, Report Says
- Bangladesh signs €477m deals with EU and EIB for renewable energy and more
- The Current Oil Price Rally Is Reaching Its Limits
Nuclear
Fuel Prices Remain Unchanged for May Staff Correspondent, Dhaka (Thursday, April 30, 2026): The prices of diesel, kerosene, octane, and petrol have been kept unchanged in the country for the month of May. The Energy and Mineral Resources Division under the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources issued an order in this regard. According to a notification issued on Thursday, the latest retail prices of diesel, kerosene, octane, and... » 
Fuel loading has begun in the first unit of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, marking the final stage before the start of nuclear power generation in Bangladesh. This is considered a historic milestone in the country’s energy sector. Electricity generation of around 300 megawatts from the first unit is expected to begin gradually from August. The first shipment of nuclear fuel arrived in Dhaka from Russia by air on September... » 
The first phase of electricity generation at the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant is set to begin on Tuesday. On this day, fuel loading will start in the first unit of the plant. Fuel loading is the initial step toward power generation. Afterward, electricity production will begin gradually following a series of tests. In August, Prime Minister Tarek Rahman will officially inaugurate the power transmission activities. Russian President Vladimir Putin is... » 
Finance and Science and Technology Adviser Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed has announced that the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant is set to begin trial operation in December 2025. Speaking to journalists at his office in the Ministry of Finance on Tuesday, Dr. Ahmed said: “We had requested Russia to commence operations in November. They have confirmed that the trial operation will take place in December. The nuclear fuel has already arrived. The... » 
The Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) has taken a significant step towards full operational readiness, as the main and auxiliary transformers at the first power unit have been successfully commissioned. This milestone marks the upcoming integration of Rooppur NPP with Bangladesh’s national electricity grid. The main step-up transformers are engineered to convert the 24-kV electricity produced by the turbine generator into 400 kV for efficient transmission to the national grid.... » 
An important and final stage of the turbine installation has been completed at the first unit of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant. This resulted in the turbine set placement on the barring gear. During the tests, the turbine shaft was rotated at a slow speed. The barring gear ensures correct alignment and balancing of the turbine rotor before the start-up and shutdown, which prevents the turbine components form wearing and ensures... »
A 50-ton capacity bridge crane for the second unit of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant is ready for shipment from the Russian port of Novorossiysk, said Rosatom, the Russian state nuclear agency. Earlier, modern electric gantry cranes with lifting capacities of 16 and 32 tons were delivered to the port.The equipment was manufactured in Russia and will be used for loading and unloading operations at the Rooppur project. Before shipment,... »
Russia’s state nuclear agency Rosatom has said it has completed all necessary tasks of unit 1 of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) and is getting ready to start its operations next year. Rosatom hailed 2024 as a successful year in Bangladesh, marking the completion of construction and installation for one of the power units, set to start next year. The second power unit of the country’s maiden nuclear power... » 
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today urged Russian entrepreneurs to invest more in Bangladesh. Report UNB He made the call when Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander V Mantytskiy paid a farewell call on him (Chief Adviser) at his Tejgaon office here. During the meeting, Mantytskiy recalled his eventful time during his over three-year tenure as the ambassador of the Russian Federation to Bangladesh. He informed the Chief Adviser of the... »
Russian ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander Manatytskiy pays a courtesy call on foreign affairs advisor Md Touhid HossainPID Russian ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander Manatytskiy has said that under the present circumstances, there may be some delay in the construction process of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant. He said this while speaking to journalists after paying a courtesy call on the foreign affairs advisor Md Touhid Hossain today, Thursday.” The Russian ambassador... »