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Airport Road clash: Passengers miss flights due to heavy gridlock

Dhaka Airport
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. File photo

Several passengers today missed different international flights due to huge traffic congestion on the Airport Road in Dhaka following a clash between two factions of Tabligh Jamaat.

Meanwhile, the scheduled flights left the airport with so many empty seats since morning.

Most of the flights left the airport with a delay of around 30 minutes, Md Zakir, an official of the control tower, told The Daily Star.

A Thai airways flight which left the airport had almost half of the seats empty, an airport official told The Daily Star.

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Airport Road clash: Passengers miss flights due to heavy gridlock

Dhaka Airport
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. File photo

Several passengers today missed different international flights due to huge traffic congestion on the Airport Road in Dhaka following a clash between two factions of Tabligh Jamaat.

Meanwhile, the scheduled flights left the airport with so many empty seats since morning.

Most of the flights left the airport with a delay of around 30 minutes, Md Zakir, an official of the control tower, told The Daily Star.

A Thai airways flight which left the airport had almost half of the seats empty, an airport official told The Daily Star.

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হাসিনাকে প্রত্যর্পণে ভারতকে কূটনৈতিক নোট পাঠানো হয়েছে: পররাষ্ট্র উপদেষ্টা

পররাষ্ট্র মন্ত্রণালয়ে সাংবাদিকদের বলেন, ‘বিচারিক প্রক্রিয়ার জন্য বাংলাদেশ সরকার তাকে (হাসিনা) ফেরত চায়—জানিয়ে আমরা ভারত সরকারের কাছে একটি নোট ভারবাল (কূটনৈতিক বার্তা) পাঠিয়েছি।’

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