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
Bangladesh specifies facilities for Indian consultants for Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant Bangladesh has modified and approved the terms and conditions for taking consultancy services from India for the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant. The new modified deal adds more facilities to the agreement. The modified deal with new clauses declaring more facilities in a more specific way have been approved by the cabinet in a cabinet meeting chaired by the Prime... »
Human Resource Development for the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant Project has started with 100 scientists and engineers from the different domestic universities joining the Nuclear Power Plant Company Ltd (NPPBCL). Among the newly appointed personnel, 70 are engineers, 24 are scientific officers and six are administrative officers. The mass joining ceremony took place in an elaborate function at the project site of Rooppur in the Pabna district. With the joining... »
Implementation Committee Meeting in Moscow
Tax Exemption in Machinery Import and Consultant for Quality Control of RNPP
Appointing a consultant is in progress which will ensure the quality of all instruments and machinery of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) project. Besides, taxes will be exempted while importing all these instruments and machinery abiding by the agreement. Bangladesh Army will assist in transporting all the machinery to the project site at Rooppur, Pabna. These topics were discussed in the third routine meeting of the Bangladesh-Russia joint coordination... »
Indian nuclear experts see the tripartite agreement between India, Russia and Bangladesh to cooperate for the construction of the Rooppur Nuclear power Plant as a start in the right direction and contend that it would strengthen India’s case for entry into Nuclear Suppliers’ Group (NSG) as well. Bangladesh nuclear experts have also hailed the agreement but with a caveat that the country should build its own capacity in the field... »
Russia, India and Bangladesh signed a trilateral agreement on Thursday to cooperate in the construction of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Bangladesh, work on which started late last year, according to an announcement from Russia`s Rosatom State Atomic Energy Cooperation. Rosatom, the equipment supplier and technical consultant for the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu, said in a statement here that the MoU for cooperation was signed by... »
Dr. Abid Imtiaz, Head of Nuclear Safety Section at Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) is conducting a research on “Factors that can Influence Culture for Safety, Organizational Culture and Human Performance at Nuclear and Other Facilities in Bangladesh”. He talks to Nuclear Asia about the culture for safety in Bangladesh as the country starts building its first nuclear power plant. Read the complete interview here: Nuclear Power companies have been... »
Eight Bangladeshi children between the age of 11 and 16 arrived Moscow in the early morning of February 9 to attend the traditional Russian winter adventure in the Penza region, roughly 600 km away from the capital city. The children are attending, “International Smart Holidays” – a “Rosatom School” project supported by State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom. The Children will spend 10 days developing new skills and learning about traditional... »
Russian Universities have come forward to offer five full scholarships for Indian students taking up post graduate programmes in nuclear technology, a top diplomat said here. Commemorating the 30th anniversary of Indo-Russian cooperation in the field of atomic energy, Director of Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Chennai, Mikhail Gorbatov said, one hundred per cent scholarships to students would be available for pursuing Master’s degree in nuclear technology, based... »
Engr Jafar Sadique has taken over the charge as the 22nd chairman of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) on Saturday, said a press release. His specialisation in the modern techniques and close alignment with developing trends and innovative technologies led to the development and expansions of NDT activities in Bangladesh. In recognition of the outstanding performance and contributions in the field of Non-Destructive Testing he was awarded with the “BSNDT... » 
Bangladesh approves draft agreement with India and Russia on implementation of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant Bangladesh’s government gave nod to the draft of a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) for trilateral cooperation among Ministry of Science and Technology of Bangladesh, Department of Atomic Energy of India and Russia`s Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation to implement the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, businessnews24bd.com reported. Sources of Nuclear Asia confirmed the development: “Exchanges... »