Pilot hiring scam: Biman finally launches probe

Biman Bangladesh Airlines yesterday formed a three-member committee to investigate the allegations of irregularities in hiring Boeing 777 pilots and paying them hefty salaries.
6 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Biman plane with burst tyre makes emergency landing at Dhaka airport

With 72 passengers on board, the Kolkata-Dhaka flight landed safely around 10:03am
6 March 2023, 06:38 AM

Bangladesh’s hajj package twice as costly as those of India, Pakistan

In Bangladesh, the cost of hajj package under the government and private hajj management is about Tk 7 lakh. But the actual cost will exceed Tk 8 to Tk 8.5 lakh when the cost of sacrificial animal, food and other miscellaneous costs are included.
3 March 2023, 10:51 AM

Did Biman hike hajj airfare to cover its losses?

The cost of hajj package under the government and private hajj management is about Tk 7 lakh. But the actual cost will exceed Tk 8 to Tk 8.5 lakh when the cost of sacrificial animal, food and other miscellaneous costs are included.
3 March 2023, 08:11 AM

Biman likely to fire two engineers

Biman Bangladesh Airlines is likely to dismiss two engineers responsible for the collision of two planes at a hangar in Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport last year.
2 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Collision at Dhaka airport: Biman sacks 2 engineer officers

The management made the decision upon completion of investigation into the collision on April 11 last year, sources at Biman told The Daily Star
2 March 2023, 06:21 AM

Life lost amid irregularities

The captain of a Biman flight was napping in the crew rest area, leaving the cockpit of a Boeing 777-300ER technically unmanned, when a passenger had a heart attack
2 March 2023, 01:50 AM

Biman passengers can now change travel date online

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has introduced an online travel-date change service for the convenience of passengers.
1 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Biman makes changes in key posts

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has brought changes in two major posts, a move that will benefit passengers and make the national flag carrier more efficient, according to insiders.
1 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Australian detention centre: Bangladeshi refugees sew lips in protest

Two Bangladeshi nationals who have been detained in Nauru for nearly a decade by Australian authorities, recently sewed their lips together in protest..A five-hour plane journey to the northeast of Australia, Nauru is a small islandic nation. Australia has used Nauru since July 2013 to det
1 March 2023, 15:29 PM

Remittance rises 4.46% in February

However, February's remittance of $1.56 billion was 20.3 per cent lower than the previous month's $1.95 billion
1 March 2023, 11:57 AM

Biman makes changes in key posts

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has brought changes in two major posts, a move which will benefit passengers and bring further efficiency to the national flag carrier, insiders said..Capt S Hossain, who was chief of planning and scheduling department, has been replaced by Capt Ishtiaq Ahmed, sai
1 March 2023, 11:48 AM

Biman paying for hiring unqualified Boeing 777 pilots

In February last year, Biman recruited a batch of contractual pilots to fly its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, claiming that it needed pilots immediately due to a shortage.
1 March 2023, 01:00 AM

Novoair to resume flights to Barishal from March 1

Due to a shortage of passengers, Novoair temporarily suspended flights on the Barishal route from August 1 last year
26 February 2023, 07:10 AM

Boy rescued from container in Malaysia reaches Cumilla

Last night, a Malaysia airlines flight brought the 14-year-old Ratul Islam Fahim to Dhaka from Kuala Lumpur around 10:00pm
22 February 2023, 13:43 PM

How USA becomes top remittance source beating Saudi Arabia

The USA has 5 lakh Bangladeshi migrant workers and Saudi Arabia 20 lakh
21 February 2023, 14:43 PM

USA continues to be Bangladesh's top source of remittance

Bangladeshis in the North American country sent home $966.89 million in the October-December period of 2022
19 February 2023, 15:17 PM

At least 73 migrants missing, presumed dead after shipwreck off Libya

The boat carrying 80 people had departed from Qasr al-Akhyar, east of the capital Tripoli, and was heading to Europe when it ran into trouble on Tuesday, the UN's IOM said
15 February 2023, 17:58 PM

UAE expresses interest to recruit more skilled migrant workers

During the meeting, the gulf country showed interest in hiring professionals, technologists, nurses and caregivers from Bangladesh
15 February 2023, 17:37 PM

Skill factor hinders rise in remittance

Despite sending well over a million migrants abroad last year, Bangladesh is unlikely to get the desired remittance from them as almost four out of five of them were less skilled.
14 February 2023, 01:00 AM

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