Biman Bangladesh Airlines
Biman ignored its board in hiring pilots
Minutes of Biman’s 269th board meeting held on January 18, 2022, show the board approved recruitment of three captains for its Boeing 777s but the carrier hired eight.
Biman Flight: Plane returns to Dhaka after crack in windshield
An aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines heading for Saudi Arabia had to return to Dhaka and make an emergency landing as a windshield of the Boeing 787-9 cracked mid flight.
Biman passenger dies on board
A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines was diverted to Kolkata early today as a passenger fell sick
Travelling abroad getting tougher for Biman employees
Approval from top brass now a must
Biman to buy Tk 1,000 crore equipment, body cameras for ground staff
The cameras will be used to stop pilferage of valuables from luggage
Passenger ‘Dies Mid-Flight’: Biman does not land, carries on for 9 hours
A Biman passenger fell ill and died two and a half hours into a flight to London from Sylhet on Monday but the plane did not make an emergency landing and flew for nine more hours to the UK.
There's no saving Biman from itself
Government must take steps to fix how the flag carrier is being run
Biman to resume Dhaka-Guangzhou flights
Biman Bangladesh Airlines is going to resume direct flights from Dhaka to China’s Guangzhou from September 14.
European countries to be closer for Biman flyers
Biman is going for codeshare and interline agreements with Gulf Air and Japan Airlines and this will allow its passengers to go to destinations the two carriers serve.
Sudan Conflict: 262 back from ‘city of horror’
Mohammad Shahadat, 29, was earning a decent living from his laundry in the Sudanese capital Khartoum until an armed conflict beginning on April 15 plunged the Northeast African country into a civil war.
Escape from Khartoum horrors
Ali Sheikh had to leave home with his family after being confined there for around two weeks amidst a civil war in the Sudanese capital Khartoum.
Biman’s Airbus plan rests on shaky ground
Why expand cargo-carrying capacity without first utilising existing planes?
Attack on Biman server forced delay in salary payments
Around 4,000 employees of Biman did not get their salaries for the months of March and April on time as the authorities are yet to fully restore the server, which was attacked by ransomware on March 18
To make Bangladesh an aviation hub, we must invest in our airlines
Biman Bangladesh Airlines needs to undergo a major transformation in order to grow and expand significantly.
136 Bangladeshis return home from Sudan
A total of 136 Bangladeshis, who were among those stuck in war-torn Sudan, returned home via Saudi Arabia today
Buying Airbus planes: Biman’s move puzzling
Biman last year carried a little over 28,000 tonnes of freight in the cargo hold of planes making international flights when it had the capacity to transport over 4.98 lakh tonnes.
Bangladeshis in Sudan to be brought back via Jeddah: foreign ministry
The government has taken measures to bring back Bangladeshi citizens stranded in Sudan, through Jeddah in Saudi Arabia
Despite malware attack, email IDs related to airline activities functioning: Biman
On Saturday, a number of computers and servers of Biman were attacked by a malware and the affected server was immediately isolated and email services were closed for that day, the press release added.
Bangladesh plans to buy aircraft from Airbus
Bangladesh plans to purchase new commercial aircraft from Airbus, a Netherlands-based multinational aerospace company, in order to bolster the fleet of Biman Bangladesh Airlines and thereby tap into the growing aviation industry.
