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Rooppur: Bangladesh’s nuclear bet on energy security

Swapan Kumar Kundu:

At a time when Bangladesh is grappling with a persistent gap between electricity demand and supply, the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) initially emerged as a source of optimism. However, owing to a range of global factors, the project has once again experienced delays. The plant is being constructed with two units using Russia’s VVER-1200 technology. Compared with nuclear power projects in other Asian countries, the construction cost of...

IPL broadcast in Bangladesh halted

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has ordered that the Indian Premier League not be broadcast in Bangladesh in response to the exclusion of cricketer Mustafizur Rahman.

The ministry issued a letter to the relevant broadcasters today (5 January), instructing them to stop the telecast.

AIB provides blankets to poor

Al-Arafah Islami Bank PLC, one of the country’s leading Shariah-based banks, is continuing its annual humanitarian initiative by distributing blankets among cold-affected people during the winter season.

As part of this program, Managing Director and CEO Mohd. Rafat Ullah Khan distributed blankets on Sunday, January 4, 2026.
Deputy Managing Directors, Md. Abdullah Al Mamun, Md. Asaduzzaman Bhuiyan, and Mohammed Hossain, Senior Executive Vice P...

EC confident holding election neutral

Chief Election Commissioner A M M Nasir Uddin today said the Election Commission (EC) remains confident and committed to holding a free, fair and neutral election.

He made the remarks this morning after visiting the appeal centre set up at the Election Commission building in Agargaon to receive appeals filed with the Commission against the decisions of Returning Officers on acceptance and rejection of nomination papers. Earlier, the CEC visited the eleven booths of the temporary centre established to cond...

Political motives were behind enforced disappearance

The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances today submitted its final report to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, stating that enforced disappearances in Bangladesh were largely politically motivated and carried out with involvement from the highest levels of the immediate past government.

The report titled “Unfolding the truth: a structural diagnosis of enforced disappearance in Bangladesh” was handed over at the State Guest House Jamuna this afternoon, according to a press release of the Chief Adviser’s press wing. [caption id="attachment_35062" align="alignleft" width="1600"]

Top business leaders meet Tarique Rahman

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman held a meeting with leading business leaders and entrepreneurs this evening. The party's media cell member, Shayrul Kabir Khan, said the meeting began at 7:00 pm at the BNP chairperson's office in Dhaka's Gulshan.

BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury was also present at the meeting.
Those attending the meeting include Mahbubur Rahman, president of International Chamber of Commerce; Simeen Rahman, group CEO of T...
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