Biman Bangladesh Airlines

Airport ground handling must be left to efficient providers

Biman comes with a poor track record for the job

Biman curtails flights on five int’l routes

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has reduced flights on five international routes due to financial losses and a decline in passengers.

6 staff sued by Biman for stealing 6,800 euro from passenger's luggage

Six employees of Biman Bangladesh Airlines have been identified as suspects in the theft of 6,800 euro (equivalent to approximately Tk 9 lakh) from the checked luggage of a passenger travelling to Chennai from Dhaka

Biman can no longer be a law unto itself

Revelation of yet another scandal shows urgency of reforms.

Malaysia-bound flights: Biman syndicate hiked ticket prices

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.

Biman’s frustrating legacy of misadventures

That Biman is a highly corrupt institution that thrives on shameless plundering of public money is no secret.

Plane Purchase: ‘Airbus’s second proposal far better than the first’

Biman’s outgoing Managing Director and CEO Shafiul Azim said the Airbus’s second proposal to sell its aircraft to the national flag carrier was far better than the first one.

Biman’s self-sabotage will not just hurt itself

Its U-turn on Airbus purchase decision raises fresh concerns

Biman and The GolfHouse join hands to promote golf

National flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with The GolfHouse to support the country's golf and golfers.

March 9, 2020
March 9, 2020

Biman to reduce number of flights on 10 int’l routes by half

Biman Bangladesh Airlines decides to reduce the number of flights on 10 different international routes by more than fifty percent due to low number of passengers, as well as flight bans in some destinations following the global coronavirus outbreak.

March 7, 2020
March 7, 2020

Coronavirus: 2 Biman flights to Kuwait cancelled

Two flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines to Kuwait are cancelled following a one-week ban the country imposed on flights to and from seven countries over coronavirus outbreak.

January 23, 2020
January 23, 2020

Ctg plane hijacking bid: Polash acted alone, final report says

​The Counter Terrorism unit of Chattogam Metropolitan Police submits its final report before a Chattogram court on the Biman plane hijacking bid, implicating the accused Polash Ahmed.

January 13, 2020
January 13, 2020

10 Biman officials get bail

A Dhaka court has granted ad-interim bail to 10 officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines after they surrendered seeking bail in a case filed for embezzling over Tk 118 crore through misuse of power.

January 6, 2020
January 6, 2020

Biman resumes Manchester flight

National flag carrier Biman Bangladesh yesterday resumed its direct flight to Manchester from Dhaka after a break of seven years.

January 5, 2020
January 5, 2020

Biman resumes Dhaka-Manchester flight

Biman Bangladesh Airlines resumes its direct flight on Dhaka-Manchester route after more than seven years.

January 4, 2020
January 4, 2020

‘Make Biman a world class airline’

Biman Bangladesh Airlines Managing Director and CEO Mokabbir Hossain calls upon all officials and employees of the national flag carrier to turn it into a world class airline.

January 2, 2020
January 2, 2020

Bangladesh eyeing to buy two more Dash 8Q-400 aircrafts

Bangladesh expresses interest to buy two more Dash 8Q-400 turboprop narrow body aircrafts from a Canadian plane manufacturing company and asks the Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC) to send a formal proposal with fair offer in price.

December 31, 2019
December 31, 2019

Biman makes profit Tk 218 crore in 2018-19 FY

Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited earns profit of Tk 218 crore in 2018-19 fiscal year.

December 28, 2019
December 28, 2019

PM warns of breaking airport security rules

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges air passengers including very important persons (VIPs) to abide by existing security rules and regulations of the airports of the country, issuing a strong warning that errant passengers will be barred from boarding aircraft in future for violating the laws.