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.

December 24, 2019
December 24, 2019

Dreamliner Achin Pakhi lands at Dhaka airport

Biman Bangladesh Airlines’s brand new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner “Achin Pakhi” reached Dhaka this evening.

December 11, 2019
December 11, 2019

Biman’s 787-9 Deliveries: 10 going on ‘pleasure trip’

At least 10 people, not needed for the job, are going to Seattle to bring two new Boeing 787-9s to Dhaka spending taxpayers’ money.

December 3, 2019
December 3, 2019

ACC arrests 2 former officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) arrests two former officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines from Dhaka for allegedly embezzling of around Tk 118 crore.

November 26, 2019
November 26, 2019

Bangladesh Biman Pilots: ACC finds scam in recruitment

Twenty-eight out of 32 pilot cadets had failed the tests but Biman recruited them anyway.

November 23, 2019
November 23, 2019

4.64kg gold recovered from Biman flight at Dhaka airport

A preventive team of Dhaka Customs House recovers 4.64 kilogrames of gold worth Tk 2.32 crore from an incoming flight of Bangladesh Biman from Dubai at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

November 22, 2019
November 22, 2019

29 held with 7,183 cartons of cigarettes at Ctg airport

Customs officials detain 29 passengers with 7,183 cartons of cigarettes from a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines at Chattogram airport.

November 20, 2019
November 20, 2019

Onion import: Biman to waive its cargo handling charge

Biman Bangladesh Airlines will waive its cargo handling charge for any airlines that will carry imported onion for the sake of public interest.

November 17, 2019
November 17, 2019

Boeing, Biman announce order for two 787-9 Dreamliner jets

Boeing and Biman Bangladesh Airlines (Biman) announce that the national carrier is expanding its 787 Dreamliner fleet with two additional airplanes valued at $585 million at list prices.

November 11, 2019
November 11, 2019

Over 8kgs gold seized from Chattogram airport

Customs officials arrest a passenger of an aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines along with 70 gold bars, weighing 8.2 kilogrammes, from Chattogram’s Shah Amanat International Airport.

October 24, 2019
October 24, 2019

Biman’s domestic flight makes emergency landing

A domestic flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines makes an emergency landing at Dhaka Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.