Dhaka, Jan. 26 -- 17 National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) advisers have returned to India from Bangladesh after obtaining approvals over security concerns, a senior official of Bangladesh India Friendship Power Company Limited (BIFPCL) said on Monday.

"It is clarified that following the transfer of 17 expatriates during December 2025-January 2026, undertaken to comply with the BIDA-mandated expatriate ratio, a total of 12 NTPC executives were positioned at the plant purely in advisory capacities. These executives were not assigned any operational responsibilities. All control room and operational activities have been, and continue to be, managed exclusively by the BIFPCL local cadre," R Sarangpani, Managing Director of BIFPCL, said ...