Russia has expressed interest to launch direct air links with Bangladesh. Russian Ambassador in Bangladesh Alexander A Nikolayev showed his interest in this matter when he met Civil
Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon on Tuesday. It has been confirmed by the ministry in a statement. Rashed Khan Menon mentioned that the existing excellent bilateral relations between Bangladesh and Russia will be grow stronger in upcoming days. Bangladesh is potential for investment, he said. He also put emphasis on the need of expanding the commercial relations
between these two countries.
The Russian Ambassador said Russia is about to set a nuclear power plant in Ruppur. To enable Bangladeshi people to operate nuclear plant Russia will help in introducing a nuclear science department in Dhaka University and provide scholarship from Russian Government for the students of this department. – News Desk
