All refuelling fuel for Rooppur Unit-1 arrives, shipments for Unit-2 begin
All shipments of the new nuclear fuel needed for the first refuelling of Unit-1 of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant have arrived in Bangladesh. At the same time, Russia’s state atomic energy corporation Rosatom has also begun supplying fuel for the…
Tk 9.24 lakh embezzlement: former Grameen Bank centre manager jailed for 5 years, two acquitted
A Pabna special judge’s court has sentenced a former Grameen Bank official to five years’ imprisonment in a money embezzlement case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). He has also been ordered to return the embezzled Tk 9,24,008.…
Child was walking on rail bridge, killed by Padma Express
A child named Samiul Islam, 10, has died after being hit by a train in the Baral Bridge rail bridge area in Bhangura, Pabna. The accident happened at about 5:30pm on Tuesday (20 October). Samiul Islam, who was killed, was the son of Ashraf Islam of…
Rooppur gets first OISS at a Rosatom plant outside Russia, automated control systems installed in both units
For the first time among the nuclear power plants built by state nuclear energy corporation ‘Rosatom’ outside Russia, an ‘Operator Information Support System’ (OISS) is being implemented at Rooppur. At the same time, work on…