Rashidul Hasan

A passenger who fell ill on board a Biman flight died in the early hours yesterday after his treatment was delayed due to Dhaka airport’s air traffic control putting the plane’s landing on hold, according to the cockpit crew.

The Nusuk will facilitate performing umrah or travelling to Saudi Arabia for Bangladeshis, said the digital platform’s Asia Pacific president Alhasan Aldabbagh, yesterday.

With the national election around the corner, a rift between Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader and its chief patron Raushan Ershad is becoming visible again.

A three-member delegation of the Jatiya Party is likely to visit India today.

The Biman Bangladesh Airline’s policy, procedure, or activity does not fully comply with the approved company manuals or the applicable regulatory standard, finds a recent audit report of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines is going to resume direct flights from Dhaka to China’s Guangzhou from September 14. 

Hefazat-e-Islam leaders who are known for their staunch opposition to  the Awami League government have been reinstated to the Qawmi madrasa-based Islamist organisation’s central committee.

Taqsem A Khan, the much-discussed managing director of Dhaka Wasa, has been reappointed to the post for the sixth consecutive time.

The government will not ban accident-prone vehicles and battery-run easy bikes on the highway before the upcoming national election considering the negative impact it may have on voter turnout.

The number of passenger and cargo flights at Jashore Airport is increasing every year. But due to various limitations, services are being hampered at the airport.

Layek Ali and his wife Nasima Begum, residents of the capital’s Mugda, were supposed to be accommodated within 400-500 metres of Kaaba Sharif as they paid Tk 8.20 lakh each to their agency to perform hajj under category A.

The BNP’s grand rally in the capital tomorrow will be a turning point in its one-point movement demanding resignation of the government and general election under a neutral polls-time government, party insiders said.

While 19 junior officers have been let go over the question paper leak in Bangladesh Biman recruitment, a senior officer of the main question-setting committee, who was also found guilty in the investigation, has been made a deputy commissioner.

There was a near miss on the runway of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Tuesday.

In a stark contrast to most of the political parties who have already decided on their preferred election-time government for the upcoming national polls, the Jatiya Party, the main opposition in parliament, finds itself in a disarray due to conflicting visions within its top leadership.

Both the ruling Awami League and the BNP have been trying to get the Islami Andolon Bangladesh as an ally, but the BNP has finally made it.

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader discusses politics and elections in an exclusive interview with The Daily Star.

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.

In a bid to regulate helicopter services for corporate use and medical evacuation, as well as enhance air connectivity within the country, the government has made the decision to permit private operators to build heliports and helipads.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has formed a high-powered investigation committee and fact-finding team to identify anomalies and irregularities by Capt Sazid Ahmed of training division during 2021-2023.