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.

June 10, 2020
June 10, 2020

Shortage of passengers forces Biman to cancel flights today, tomorrow

A shortage of passengers has forced Biman Bangladesh Airlines to cancel its scheduled flights for today and tomorrow on three domestic routes.

June 4, 2020
June 4, 2020

Biman offering chartered flights to reduce losses

Due to frequent cancellation of scheduled passenger flights due to low passenger count for four days, Biman has now moved to offer chartered flight services on domestic routes.

June 1, 2020
June 1, 2020

Domestic flights resume on limited routes, lack of passengers observed

Local airlines saw very few passengers on the first day of resumption of regular passenger flight operation on three domestic routes this morning after more than two months of flight suspension, sources at different airlines said.

May 18, 2020
May 18, 2020

Biman begins air freight service with passenger aircraft

National flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines has started air freight services using its passenger aircraft, after private operator US-Bangla Airlines did the same.

May 13, 2020
May 13, 2020

Biman passengers can travel with unused tickets till March 14, 2021

Passengers of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, who bought tickets but could not travel due to suspension of flight operations amid the coronavirus situation, can make trips with their unused tickets until March 14, 2021, the national flag carrier said today.

May 11, 2020
May 11, 2020

114 stranded Bangladeshis return from UK

A total of 114 Bangladesh citizens, mostly students, reached Dhaka from London this morning.

May 10, 2020
May 10, 2020

154 UK citizens repatriated via Biman flight, stranded Bangladeshis returning tomorrow

Another 154 British citizens who were stranded in Bangladesh due to the suspension of regular flights amid the Covid-19 pandemic, have left Dhaka for London aboard a special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.

May 5, 2020
May 5, 2020

Biman, US-Bangla likely to operate 10 more flights to bring stranded Bangladeshis back from India

Biman and US-Bangla Airlines are likely to operate 10 more special flights from India to bring back Bangladeshi nationals stuck in the neighbouring country for over one-and-a-half-months following Covid-19 pandemic, the Bangladesh High Commission in India says.

May 3, 2020
May 3, 2020

221 more Bangladeshis return home from India on special Biman flights

221 Bangladeshi nationals return home from India on two special flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines after being stranded in the neighbouring country for more than one and half months due to flight suspension amid the Covid-19 outbreak.

April 29, 2020
April 29, 2020

Biman extends suspension of flights till May 15

Biman Bangladesh Airlines extends the suspension of all international and domestic flights till May 15 amid the global Covid-19 pandemic.