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
Russia’s Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation has announced the successful completion of the fuel loading at Unit-2 of Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant-2. The Unit 2 is scheduled to become operational by the end of 2019. It is one of the reference units of under-construction Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Bangladesh. Equipped with the “Generation 3+” VVER-1200 reactor, the first batch of 163 fuel assemblies had been successfully installed on February,... » 
Fuel loading began right on schedule on February 19 at the unit- 2 of Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant II in Russia. Equipped with the VVER-1200 reactor this is another referential unit of under implementation Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Bangladesh. The first batch of 163 fuel assemblies were loaded successfully and the remaining assemblies to be loaded within next five days. The initial fuel loading marks the beginning of the... »
Engineer Md. Anwar Hossain, Secretary, Minister for Science and Technology unveiling the book titled “Bangladesh in Nuclear Club: Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in the journey for development” written by himself at the Morok Unmochon Moncho of Ekushey Book Fair today. Mahbubul Hoq, Chairman, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC), and Rabindranath Roy Chowdhury, Adviser, Nuclear Power Plant Company Bangladesh Limited (NPCBL) are also seen in the photo among others. The book... »
ROSATOM State Atomic Energy Corporation of Russia and Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) jointly published three Bangla books on nuclear energy on the occasion of Ekushey Book Fair 2019. “Atomic Horizon”, and “Various Professions in the Nuclear Industry” were translated from Russian language while, the comic book “Unexpected Adventure of Onu” was written and edited in Bangladesh. Architect Yeafesh Osman, Minister for Science and Technology (MoST) formally unveiled the books... » 
TVEL, Fuel Company of Russia’s Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation has started testing accident-tolerant fuel (ATF) for nuclear reactors. Accident-tolerant fuel is resistant to severe accidents at nuclear power plants. It is expected to keep its integrity for a quite a long enough time without a zirconium-steam reaction that induces hydrogen release. First two assemblies accident-tolerant fuel have been manufactured at Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant. Tests are being conducted at... »
Bangladesh signed a ‘nuclear fuel support contract deal’ with Russia to ensure fuel supply for the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP). According to the deal, Russia will be supplying Uranium as fuel for the whole lifetime of RNPP. The deal signing ceremony took place on today at the Science and Technology ministry situated in the capital. However, the signed deal has only ensured the supply of nuclear fuel from Russia;... »
During the recent visit of the Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Republic of Serbia, an inter-governmental agreement was signed for use of nuclear energy in peaceful purposes. The agreement creates a legal foundation for the practical implementation of joint projects in peaceful use of nuclear energy. Alexey Likhachev, Director General of Russia’s state atomic energy corporation – Rosatom and Nenad Popovich, Minister in charge of innovation and technological development... »
Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation of Russia invites Bangladeshi journalists to take part in “ASE International Photo Awards”. Atomstroyexport (ASE), the engineering division of Rosatom and General Contractor of Rooppur Nuclear Power Project, organizes the contest. The winners will be awarded a trip to Russia, fully funded by the organizer, among many other attractive prizes. ASE International Photo Awards is open for the full-time or Part-time Photojournalists from Bangladesh, India,... »
TVEL Fuel Company, a subsidiary of Russia’s state atomic energy corporation- Rosatom and CNLY, a subsidiary of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) have signed a contract for supply of nuclear fuel for CFR-600 fast-neutron reactor which is currently under construction in China. The contract covers the initial loading of nuclear fuel, as well as supplies for refueling during the first seven years of the reactor operation. New manufacturing line for... »
The power unit 4 of Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant Starts of commercial operation on December 22, 2018 after successful completion of commissioning of the its nuclear island. All the tests for Power Units 3 and 4, stipulated in the Commissioning Program were conducted and the results were found compliant with the technical specifications and safety requirements as mentioned in the General Contract. A Preliminary Acceptance Certificate for the Tianwan NPP... »