, April 16 -- Although experts have repeatedly expressed concern that Rampal coal-fired power plant will put the Sundarbans at risk, the government has paid no heed. Rather, the government is setting up the plant stating that it has taken up various initiatives to protect the world's largest mangrove forest. We are concerned too over the government's contradictory stance concerning the Sundarbans.

US president Joe Biden's special envoy on climate, John Kerry, has also bluntly raised the question during his talks with Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen. Mr. Kerry raised the US objection to the construction of Rampal coal-fired power plant, says a news report published in a national daily on Wednesday, quoting several government sources prese...