Debt clock ticks on Dhaka airport terminal
23 May 2026, 00:00 AM
The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) stares into a financial squeeze as it prepares to begin hefty loan repayments next month for the Dhaka airport’s third terminal -- a facility unlikely to generate revenue before early 2027.
23 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Airbus makes fresh pitch after Biman-Boeing deal
18 May 2026, 00:00 AM
European aircraft manufacturing giant Airbus has submitted a proposal to Biman Bangladesh Airlines to sell its planes just after the national flag carrier signed a $3.7 billion fleet expansion deal with US rival Boeing.
18 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Dhaka Airport: Cargo exports hit as 3 of 4 scanners out of order
18 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Exports through Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) have been severely disrupted as three of the four Explosive Detection System (EDS) scanners remain non-functional.
18 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Red tape hobbles Japanese investment in Bangladesh
6 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Says Akiko Okumura, executive vice-president of Jetro
6 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Biman signs $3.7b deal with Boeing for 14 jets
1 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Biman Bangladesh Airlines yesterday signed an agreement with US aircraft manufacturer Boeing to purchase 14 aircraft, the largest order in the national flag carrier’s history.
1 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Third Terminal opening delayed to early 2027
28 April 2026, 00:00 AM
People will have to wait until early next year to use the Third Terminal at the Dhaka airport, as the authorities are yet to reach an agreement with a Japanese consortium and complete Operation Readiness and Airport Transfer (ORAT).
28 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Labour market: Govt looks to Malaysia amid Gulf slowdown
5 April 2026, 05:48 AM
The ongoing war involving the US, Israel, and Iran has slowed Bangladesh’s labour market in the Middle East, particularly in Saudi Arabia, prompting the government to prioritise reopening Malaysia and explore alternative destinations to sustain overseas employment and remittance flows.
5 April 2026, 05:48 AM
Jet fuel price hike: Domestic airfare to go up by at least Tk 1,000
26 March 2026, 03:17 AM
Air tickets on domestic routes will cost Tk 1,000 to Tk 1,050 more following an 80 percent hike in jet fuel prices at the consumer level, according to the Aviation Operators Association of Bangladesh (AOAB).
26 March 2026, 03:17 AM
Pcr Lab at Shahjalal Airport: CAAB, healthcare facilities at odds
Complications have arisen regarding setting up rapid RT-PCR labs at the Dhaka airport to test outgoing passengers for Covid-19, continuing the uncertainty surrounding the return of around 30,000 expatriate workers to their workplaces in the UAE.
17 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Couriers in use to smuggle out forex
The Dhaka airport authorities have seized Saudi riyals and Singapore dollars worth about Tk 12.5 crore from a Singapore-bound garment consignment, in a first such incident of smuggling of foreign currency in recent memory.
14 September 2021, 18:00 PM
High surcharges clipping airlines’ wings
Different airlines of the country are struggling to survive due to the sky-high surcharge rate imposed by Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB), according to the country’s private airline operators.
13 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Land for PBI Office: JS body initiates probe into ‘anomaly’
A parliamentary watchdog yesterday formed a three-member sub-committee to investigate alleged irregularities in the acquisition of one acre (100 decimal) of land to build an office of Police Bureau of Investigation in Kolatoli, Cox’s Bazar.
9 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Migrants Going Abroad: Their pleas finally heard
Mohiuddin Belal, an engineer based in UAE, heaved a sigh of relief on August 4 when he heard that his host country had lifted the flight ban from Bangladesh after about three months.
6 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Reunited after 22 years
Twenty-two years ago, Ameena Khatun of Bogura’s Dhunat upazila went missing. Her three sons and a daughter could not find her and assumed that their mother was no longer alive.
6 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Assumed dead, woman returned to family from Nepal after 22 years
Twenty-two years ago, Ameena Khatun of Bogura’s Dhunot upazila went missing. Her three sons and a daughter could not find her and assumed that their mother was no longer alive.
6 September 2021, 12:27 PM
New private airline to join the fray
A new airline, Air Astra, is set to take off in January next year, becoming the eleventh private operator to enter the industry in the past 25 years.
5 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh-India: Airlines operate flights from tomorrow
Biman and US-Bangla airlines will resume flight operations to India under an air bubble agreement between Bangladesh and India from tomorrow after a four-month hiatus over coronavirus restrictions.
3 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Schools, colleges to reopen soon
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday in parliament said she directed the authorities concerned to reopen all schools and colleges soon and that they were taking measures in this regard.
2 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Cox’s Bazar Runway Expansion: Hasina to break ground today
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to virtually inaugurate the ground breaking ceremony and unveil the foundation stone of the runway extension at Cox’s Bazar Airport today morning.
28 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Produce Covid jabs in 6 to 9 months
A parliamentary body yesterday strongly recommended that Essential Drugs, a government-owned company, take immediate measures to produce Covid-19 vaccines within six to nine months so that all citizens can be brought under vaccination as soon as possible.
26 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Caught up in uncertainty
Several thousand UAE-bound Bangladeshi expatriate workers are passing days in uncertainty over returning to the gulf country due to absence of rapid PCR test facilities of Covid-19 in Bangladesh airports.
25 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Cox’s Bazar Airport: Runway to be stretched to the sea
The government has taken up a project to extend the runway of Cox’s Bazar airport by claiming land from the sea.
24 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Shut down Savar tannery estate
A parliamentary body yesterday recommended shutting down the Savar Tannery Industrial Estate in Hemayetpur because the estate does not have adequate facilities to treat all liquid waste generated by the tanners it houses.
23 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Flights to India: Momen, Biman trade blame for confusion
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen and Biman are at loggerheads over the confusion created over flight operations to and from India.
22 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Travellers in limbo as India flights uncertain
The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh and the two local airlines are yet to get the requisite approval from India to resume flights to the neighbouring country from today, leaving hundreds of passengers who bought tickets in a state of suspense.
21 August 2021, 18:00 PM
August 21 grenade attack 2004: Wounds unhealed not only physical
Last year, Md Selim and Mahbuba Parvin gave interviews to different media outlets to express their anguish and dismay over the delay in implementing the verdict over the August 21, 2004 grenade attack.
19 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Tourist spots reopen after 5 months
People involved with tourism, hotel and motel businesses breathed a sigh of relief as all tourist spots and parks reopened yesterday, after almost five months, despite ongoing the Covid-19 pandemic.
19 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh-India flights in limbo
Although the foreign minister recently said flights with India will resume today, Biman Bangladesh Airlines, US-Bangla and Novoair said they are yet to get any direction from Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) in this regard.
19 August 2021, 18:00 PM