A Kuala Lumpur-bound flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines was delayed by around 25 minutes at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday and the airport and the pilot of the plane are blaming each other for it.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines Co-pilot Sabbir Emam Sabbir had planned either to hit the residence of the prime minister

National flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines has suspended a co-pilot who has been remanded on charges of plotting sabotage with aircraft.

The Rab yesterday arrested a Biman Bangladesh Airlines co-pilot, who according to the force, was planning to carry out a suicide attack on the residences of government high-ups with an aircraft.

Customs intelligence officials yesterday arrested two people, including an employee of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, with 12 gold bars at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital.

A number of hajj pilgrims stage demonstration in Dhaka protesting “fraudulence and mismanagement” of hajj agencies.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines yesterday got permission to operate 12 additional hajj flights paving the way for trips of all intending pilgrims to Saudi Arabia, a top official of religious affairs ministry said.

The pilgrimage of over 2,000 Bangladeshis still remains uncertain as their hajj agencies are yet to apply for visas, Hajj camp sources said yesterday.

Some 46,664 Bangladeshi pilgrims are yet to travel to Saudi Arabia to perform this year's hajj, according to Biman Bangladesh Airlines Ltd.

Around 2,500 pilgrims are yet to get visas as the extended deadline for completing the visa procedure expires today, according to Hajj Camp sources.

The authorities of Biman Bangladesh Airlines have cancelled two more scheduled hajj flights due to shortage of pilgrims for visa complications.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines cancels its Doha-bound flights till August 26 to increase the availability of aircraft for carrying hajjis to Saudi Arabia.

A hajj flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines scheduled to depart has been cancelled and rescheduled due to shortage of pilgrims and visa complexities.

Religious Affairs Minister Motiur Rahman blames a section of hajj agencies for cancellation of hajj flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines. In continuation of the mess with hajj management, two more flights are cancelled due to shortage of pilgrims.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines was forced to cancel three hajj flights yesterday due to shortage of pilgrims for various reasons, including

Biman Bangladesh Airlines cancels two hajj flights losing capacity to carry over 800 pilgrims.

Biman Bangladesh and Saudi Arabian Airlines yesterday used their full capacity, for the first time in around a week, to carry pilgrims to Saudi Arabia.

Hassles for hajj pilgrims are a regular phenomenon. Previously, it was botched flight schedules. And now it has come to light that additional fees on repeat pilgrims have been imposed! This has left around 40,000 pilgrims in the lurch.

Performing hajj this year has become very uncertain for over 7,000 Bangladeshis as the Saudi authorities insist those who performed

In wake of backlogging in transporting hajjis to Mecca, Bangladesh government has decided to turn all Saudi Arabia-bound flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines to hajji carriers. Also, hajjis will be urged to hurry in making their journey to Mecca for a confirm journey.