The proposal was approved at a meeting
of the country’s cabinet committee on purchase with Finance Minister
A.M.A. Muhith in the chair in the capital Dhaka here on Wednesday,
Xinhua reported.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ruling
Bangladesh Awami League party said “Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant” to be
constructed in the country’s Pabna district, 216 km west of, was part of
the government’s vision to produce 20,000 MW of power by 2021.
The Bangladesh government on December 15
reportedly finalised the biggest ever investment project in the country
by inking an initial agreement with Russia.
