Bangladesh calls for continued Russian nuclear collaboration

Dhaka (AFP) Feb 26, 2025

Bangladesh's interim government praised on Wednesday Moscow's "important" backing of a controversial nuclear plant during the first visit by the director of Russia's state-owned Rosatom since Dhaka's revolution last year. Construction on the nuclear plant at Rooppur began in 2017 during the iron-fisted tenure of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina. The much-delayed 2,400-megawatt project