Biman Bangladesh Airlines has reduced flights on five international routes due to financial losses and a decline in passengers.
For passengers with past experience of the Dhaka airport, the prospect of flying into Bangladesh’s capital has not been a pleasant one, chiefly because of the seemingly interminable delays in getting their checked-in baggage.
The civil aviation ministry has found several Biman officials, including high-ups, fully responsible for the syndicate that artificially hiked the prices of flight tickets to Malaysia in May this year.
Uncertainty looms over the fate of hundreds of Saudi-bound Bangladeshi migrant workers as Saudia airlines cancelled multiple flights following the countrywide internet shutdown since Thursday night.
A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight returned to the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport shortly after take-off this morning as the cooling system of the plane's air conditioner was not working
Civil Aviation Minister Faruk Khan today said the decision to purchase Boeing or Airbus aircraft will depend on the evaluation committee's report
Resolving irregularities in selling tickets and improving on-time performance are the two main challenges for Biman Bangladesh Airlines, said Biman's new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Mohammad Jahidul Islam Bhuiyan today
Amid widespread criticism over the exorbitant cost of hajj packages this year, the religious affairs ministry today said there is no scope for the government to reduce the cost
Twenty-one former and present Biman officials surrendered before a Dhaka court and sought bail in a corruption case involving Tk 1,161 crore.
The High Court today said this year's hajj package is inhuman as its cost is so high.
Biman removed Capt Sazid Ahmed from the post of chief of training with immediate effect yesterday.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has removed Capt Sazid Ahmed from the post of chief of training. From now on, he will act as the line pilot of Boeing-777
Anjan Chowdhury, managing director of Square Air Ltd, and Mofizur Rahman, managing director of NOVOAIR, have been elected president and secretary general, respectively
A Biman flight from Kolkata made a safe emergency landing at Dhaka yesterday after the Dash-8 aircraft suffered a tyre blowout while taking off.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines yesterday formed a three-member committee to investigate the allegations of irregularities in hiring Boeing 777 pilots and paying them hefty salaries.
With 72 passengers on board, the Kolkata-Dhaka flight landed safely around 10:03am
In Bangladesh, the cost of hajj package under the government and private hajj management is about Tk 7 lakh. But the actual cost will exceed Tk 8 to Tk 8.5 lakh when the cost of sacrificial animal, food and other miscellaneous costs are included.
