The depreciation of taka against the US dollar has pushed the Rooppur Nuclear Power Project’s cost up by Tk13,386 crore (11.84%), raising the total to Tk126,479 crore, the first revised proposal shows.
the initial 2016 proposal had an estimated cost of Tk113,093 crore.
although the $11.38 billion Russian loan for the project remains unchanged in dollar terms, its value in Bangladeshi taka has risen to Tk104,004 crore from Tk91,040 crore in the original plan, an increase of Tk12,964 crore due solely to exchange rate adjustments.
according to the revised proposal, $8.29 billion of the project allocation has been utilised up to June 2025 at an exchange rate of $1 = Tk80. The remaining $3.09 billion for the next three years is estimated at $1 = Tk122, as declared by the Bangladesh Bank on 12 October 2025. Meanwhile, the government’s contribution in the original proposal was Tk22,053 crore, which has now increased slightly to Tk22,475 crore in the revised plan.