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Bangladesh: USD 5 billion graft probe launched against Sheikh Hasina

Updated on: 25 December,2024 09:14 AM IST  |  Dhaka
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Indian companies are participating in constructing the Rooppur nuclear power plant which is being built by Rosatom, Russia’s state-run corporation, in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: USD 5 billion graft probe launched against Sheikh Hasina

The Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant under construction. FILE PICS/AFP

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An anti-graft panel in Bangladesh has launched an investigation against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her family in connection with the allegations of embezzling USD 5 billion in the Rooppur nuclear power plant, according to a media report.


Sheikh Hasina
Sheikh Hasina


Indian companies are participating in constructing the Rooppur nuclear power plant which is being built by Rosatom, Russia’s state-run corporation, in Bangladesh.


The first Bangladeshi nuclear power plant, the Russian-designed Rooppur, is being built 160 km west of the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka. Rosatom has refuted the “provocative statements” in the media about the Rooppur NPP project.

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