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Saturday, 5 November 2011

Energy-starved Bangladesh signs nuclear power deal with Russia

Dhaka, Bangladesh (CNN) -- Bangladesh in its first move to go for nuclear power signed a deal with Russia to meet its widening energy deficit.

"Russia will build two nuclear power plants, and each of the units will produce 1,000 megawatts of electricity," said Yeafesh Osman, a junior minister in charge of Bangladesh's Science and Technology.

Osman and Sergey Kirienko, director general of Russian state-controlled nuclear corporation Rosatom, signed the intergovernmental agreement in the capital Dhaka on Wednesday in the presence of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.    More Read

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