Flight operations suspended for 7 hours

The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh has revoked the private and commercial pilot licences of Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ first officer Sadia Ahmed and the commercial pilot licence of first officer Al-Mehedi Islam for forging their academic certificate and other documents.

Expatriate Bangladeshis can play an important role in “branding” a positive Bangladesh across the globe under the government’s public diplomacy effort, said Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday.

The government is going to mark National Expatriates Day for the first time today with the objective of honouring millions of Bangladeshis living abroad and involving them more in the country’s development.

The government needs to ease and increase its different services for the expatriates including those related to remittance as their contributions are crucial for the country’s economy, speakers said at a discussion yesterday.

To honour the contributions of migrant workers to the country’s GDP growth and their role in enriching foreign currency reserves, The Daily Star and BRAC have jointly initiated the “Remittance Award”.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines will start operating Dhaka-Rome flights from March next year, said Biman MD and CEO Shafiul Azim yesterday.

The government today brought back a group of 140 Bangladeshi migrants from Libya.

There should be a special focus on enhancing the skills training of prospective migrant workers, said Cabinet Secretary Mahbub Hossain yesterday.

Despite a surge in labour migration, many Bangladeshi migrant workers encounter challenges in host countries, including job loss due to fraud, leading to economic loss and psychological stress.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines launched its direct flight on the Dhaka-Chennai-Dhaka route yesterday.

Biman is looking at a Tk 4,000 crore cash shortfall since it has agreed in principle to purchase two Airbus planes for Tk 8,000 crore, without a prior monetisation plan, a board meeting of the national flag carrier revealed.

The government today brought back a group of 136 irregular Bangladeshi migrants from Libya

A mild cold wave may sweep over some places in the northern and western regions today, says the Bangladesh Meteorological Department.

The government repatriated 398 Bangladeshi irregular migrants from Libya in past nine days with the latest group of 145 migrants reaching the country today

Malaysian police yesterday suspended a cop for arbitrarily detaining a Bangladeshi journalist in Malaysia and allegedly handing him over to a gang that tortured him

Detention and subsequent deportation, unemployment, and violation of employment contract by not providing promised job and wage were among the key reasons behind untimely return of 218 migrants from abroad, found a telephonic survey.

Banks will buy dollar at Tk 110, sell at Tk 110.5 from Nov 23

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam today said it was a tragic irony that countries that claim to be vocal on human rights issues internationally often remain "silent or in denial" about transgressions with migrant workers within their own territories

The Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh says in a press briefing