The Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (VEB) of Russia ordered a halt of payments for the Bangladeshi Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project.
The order came amid SWIFT, a Belgium-based secure messaging platform providing payments between banks worldwide, putting sanctions on some Russian banks.
Requesting anonymity, a senior Bangladesh Bank official told the media that VEB recently sent a letter to Bangladesh Bank, asking them to stop transactions with the Russian bank from March 1.
Moreover, some of the other Russian banks also asked multiple banks of Bangladesh to stop transactions with them.
