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Two people pass by on a motorcycle as Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, which is country’s first nuclear power plant, currently under construction, in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna District, on the bank of the river Padma, west of Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 14, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Bangladesh's private power producers are seeking $1 billion in foreign currency to import fuel oil and avert a potential power crisis this summer, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing a letter by an industry body to the central bank.
A Bangladesh Central Bank spokesperson told Bloomberg that the letter was being reviewed, and the bank would assess if the demand was in line with the government's priority.
(Reporting by Rahat Sandhu in Bengaluru; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
