Dhaka, Oct. 3 -- The uranium shipment from Russia for the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant has finally arrived in Bangladesh, a senior official said on Saturday.

"A cargo plane carrying the uranium shipment from Russia for the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka last night," Kabir Hossain, Project Director of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, told ANI over the phone, without elaborating.

Last month, the cargo plane carrying uranium fuel for the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant was supposed to arrive in Dhaka, but at that time, it could not arrive on schedule because Pakistan did not grant permission to use its airspace.

Pakistan has described its refusal to allow airspace for transporting nuclear ...