Cabinet approves draft of Nuclear Power Plant Law
The cabinet on Monday approved the draft of ‘The Nuclear Power Plant Law, 2015’ aimed at constructing the Nuclear Power Plant at Rooppur in Iswardi, Pabna.
The approval was given at a regular meeting of the cabinet held at Bangladesh Secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.
Ministers and state ministers concerned attended the meeting, while concerned secretaries were present.
Briefing reporters after meeting, cabinet secretary M Musharraf Hussain Bhuiyan said the cabinet also endorsed a proposal for formation of a company titled ‘The Nuclear Power Company of Bangladesh’ for setting up and running the Nuclear Power Plant.
He said the cabinet endorsed the draft of ‘The Agreement on Coastal Shipping between the Bangladesh and the Government of the Republic of India’.
The cabinet secretary said the meeting was apprised of the participation of the Fisheries and Livestock Minister in the Strategy Meeting for Global Action Network for Blue Growth and Food Security held in the Caribbean island of Granada on 11-13 March.
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