Several hundred Malaysia-bound migrant workers waited for hours at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport amid uncertainties as the deadline for workers to enter the southeast Asian country ended yesterday.

When Malaysia resumed hiring Bangladeshis in August 2022 after a four-year hiatus, governments of the two countries agreed that a worker would have to spend just Tk 78,990 to get a job in the Southeast Asian country and fly there.

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.

In 3 days reconstituted evaluation body finds purchase viable after old committee gave the thumbs down

Ticket prices for Dhaka-Kuala Lumpur flights have reached exorbitant levels with Bangladeshi migrant workers scrambling to reach Malaysia by May 31.

Mohammad Jahidul Islam Bhuiyan, additional secretary to the Prime Minister's Office, has been appointed as the new managing director (MD) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited

Councillor Nasima Begum has been elected as the mayor of Lowestoft for the municipal year 2024-2025

Italian Ambassador to Bangladesh Antonio Alessandro has advised visa-seekers not to pay anyone for visas, emphasising that the embassy only charges small taxes and processing fees

In the darkness, a shape emerged among the Mediterranean waves -- over 30 men, huddled shoulder to shoulder in the hold of a fibreglass boat.

Says Malaysian human resources minister on Bangladeshi workers trafficked to Malaysia

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today pressed charges against 16 former and present officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines in a Tk 1,161 crore corruption case

Even though Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport now deals with twice the number of passengers it used to 10 years ago, local carriers have been losing market share.  

The inspection and monitoring of flight operations of carriers, especially Biman, is hindered by “government involvement”, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has found during a recent inspection.

IOM chief says after concluding 4-day visit to Bangladesh

A total of 11.26 lakh Bangladeshis went abroad for jobs in the financial year of 2022-23, State Minister for Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Shofiqur Rahman Choudhury told parliament today

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh holds a zero-tolerance policy against illegal migration

US-Bangla Airlines for the first time is set to operate flights to Jeddah, the second largest city in Saudi Arabia, from August

A migrant worker from Bangladesh working at a salvage yard in Sungei Kadut of Singapore was struck in the neck by a forklift and later died of his wounds

Two Bangladeshis were shot dead in Buffalo of New York yesterday

The amount of foreign airlines’ money stuck in Bangladesh has increased to $323 million from $214 million in less than a year, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).