Dhaka – In an effort to properly operate the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) project, Bangladesh is now in discussions with India to share the neighbouring country’s experience of nuke plant management, said Science and Technology secretary Sirajul Islam Khan…
Dhaka – BNP on Friday threatened to take tougher action programmes if the government raises the gas and power tariffs further, unb news agency reported. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi issued the threat at a press briefing…
Dhaka – The EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contract for the proposed 1320MW coal-fired power plant in Rampal near the Sundarbans will be signed this month, unb news agency reported.
Energizing of First of Its Kind Innovative Generation 3+ Power Unit Scheduled for the summer of the current year. This is the reference project for the Rooppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh. Two similar units will be set up at…
The Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Thursday has reduced down the price of furnace oil from Tk 60 to Tk 42 a litre. The ministry has issued a circular signed by Ahsanul Zabbar, Additional Secretary of the ministry…
Russia’s nuclear power company- ASE, a subsidiary of state nuclear energy corporation- Rosatom organised a special event titled ‘Children and Atom’ at the Nuclear Industry Information Centre (NIIC) of Novotheater in the city yesterday, March 28, 2016 in observance of…
Within the physical start-up programme of the innovative Power unit No. 6 (Power unit No. 1 of the NovovoronezhNPP-2), the Novovoronezh NPP started loading fuel into the VVER-1200 reactor core recently and on March 25,2016 reached its active phase. The…
Introduction: Mr. Evgeni Griva, Director General of Rosatom, South Asia in his recent interview with some Indian media talked about present status and future plan of Russia-India cooperation in the field of nuclear energy as well as Rosatom’s expanding global…
Dhaka – State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources on Thursday told Parliament that the government is actively considering reducing fuel prices. “The matter of re-fixation of fuel prices is under active consideration of the government following the sharp…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said the global economy has weakened further and warned it was “highly vulnerable to adverse shocks”. It said the weakening had come “amid increasing financial turbulence and falling asset prices”. The IMF’s report comes…
To ensure uninterrupted power supply during the ongoing irrigation season and upcoming summer season, the government is going to halt gas supply to all fertiliser factories except Jamuna Fertiliser Factory. Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, Energy Advisor to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday…
Finance Minister AMA Muhith said the Rampal power plant was here to stay but admitted that it would have an adverse effect on the Sundarbans, bdnewsnews24.com has reported. “That would make some impact, obviously,” he said. “So many vessels will…
Paul Spedding London – The conventional wisdom regarding the recent plunge in the price of oil is that we are seeing a repeat of the 1985-1986 collapse, when Saudi Arabia ramped up production as part of a dispute with other…
Tokyo – Crude prices edged down in Asia on Monday as worries about the ongoing supply glut offset news that the oil ministers of Saudi Arabia and Venezuela had held talks on stabilising the beleaguered market. A pick-up in the…
Dhaka – The government will again move to raise power tariff side by side with improving the customer service. This indication was dropped by State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid on Sunday while addressing the general manager conference…
Asian stocks fell sharply Wednesday as oil sank below $28 a barrel to its lowest level in more than 12 years. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong plunged 3.8%, while Japan’s Nikkei lost 3%.
The Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Monday said that the ministry is planning to put restriction on foreign training and travels of the top management of power and energy sector. He was speaking as the…
Oil prices tumbled to $32.62 a barrel on Thursday as a result of rising US energy stockpiles and China’s weakening currency. Brent crude fell 4.7% while US West Texas Intermediate was down 3.9%. For US oil, that was its lowest…
Dhaka – The Cabinet Purchase Committee on Wednesday approved a $12.650 billion contract with Russia to build a 2400-MW Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant. The approval came at a meeting of the cabinet body held with Finance Minister AMA Muhith in…
Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) organised a booth at the Power and Energy Fair 2015, held at BICC from December 10-12. Visitors took interest in various information materials on nuclear energy and Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant at the BAEC booth.…
A Bangladesh delegation comprising representatives of Ministry of Science and Technology, Administration of Pabna and Ishwardi, Bangladesh Embassy in Russia, and the mass media visited Russia from December 1-4, 2015 to see for themselves various nuclear power facilities. The delegates…
Dhaka – Rosatom has made another step towards the Generation IV reactor. The world’s first 880 MW fast breeder reactor is about to generate electricity as the Russian regulator Rostekhnadzor have issued a relevant permit and final tests have been…
For a country with about 160 million population and one that aims to become a middle income country by 2021, nuclear is the only option for mitigating the future energy demand. But to reach that goal we need wide vision,…
Noted columnist Syed Abul Maksud said the move to set up 1320MW coal-fired power plant at Rampal adjacent to the Sundarbans in Bagerhat district is an attempt to put the Sundarbans in crossfire and criticised the governmen for the same.…
The National Committee to Protect Oil-Gas, Power-Port and Natural Resources have rejected an invitation of the Energy and Power Ministry to visit the site of the Rampal coal-fired power plant, all-expenses paid. The committee comprising mostly Marxists, environmentalists and social…
Russia’s state atomic energy corporation- Rosatom in association with Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute (VINATOM) held a workshop dedicated to environmental safety of nuclear power technologies in Hanoi, Vietnam recently. Representatives of various key Government authorities and companies of Vietnam, such…
In the framework of the seminar hosted by Nukem Technologies, 100percent subsidiary of the JSC Atomstroyexport (ASE), the participants reaffirmed their growing interest in the issues of nuclear decommissioning and radioactive waste management, particularly in the need for comprehensive optimised…
Raquib Siddiqui Despite global economic crisis, the nuclear industry of Russia celebrates its 70th anniversary on a high note. According to many experts, credit for glorious existence of Russian nuclear industry goes to Rosatom Engineering Division. For many years Russian…
Russia’s Nuclear Industry Day, on 28th of September, Rosatom’s Mining and Chemical Plant in Krasnoyarsk Krai started commercial production of MOX fuel – a fuel for nuclear reactors of the future. Mixed oxide (MOX) fuel is nuclear fuel that contains…
The Government of the Republic of Armenia and Government of the Russian Federation signed the Intergovernmental Agreement on exchange of information related to nuclear and radiation safety on October 7, 2015. The document was signed by S. Kirienko, Director General…