By M Saleemur Rahman in The News, October 16, 2023KASUR: PMLN leader and former Punjab chief minister Hamza Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday said that two incidents happened in May; one was the day of shame on May 9 and the other was the nuclear explosion on May 28. Addressing a large public gathering in Mustafabad, he said martyrs and the army were targeted and Imran Niazi conspired against them on May 9, while Nawaz Sharif…
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Report in Prothom Alo, 12 Oct 2023Awami League (AL) general secretary Obaidul Quader today said BNP leaders are making poisonous statements over environment-friendly Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant. “Bangabandhu’s daughter, prime minister Sheikh Hasina, is inaugurating mega projects one after another that makes the BNP leaders irritated,” he said in a statement. Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, said that is why BNP leaders are threatening to shut down the Rooppur nuclear power plant.…
by Arun Devnath in Bloomberg, Apr 18, 2023Bangladesh has agreed to pay Russia about $300 million in yuan currency to settle payment for building a nuclear power plant near the capital city Dhaka, according to two officials familiar with the matter. The payment mechanism was finalized at a meeting last week, the officials said, declining to be identified citing rules. Russia initially refused to accept the payment in yuan on concerns of potential currency conversion…
By Pervez Hoodbhoy in Dawn, August 29th, 2015 The writer teaches physics in Lahore and Islamabad. MANY Pakistanis are thrilled by the news originating from two think tanks in Washington. Although no real evidence has been presented, they claim that the Pakistani nuclear arsenal may become the world’s third largest over the next five to 10 years. The current number, estimated at around 120 Hiroshima-sized warheads, could increase to around 350. This would exceed numbers…