During an unannounced visit to the airport, the minister inspected the baggage-handling process of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight on the Jeddah-Chattogram-Dhaka route

Proposed rules will address aircraft and airport management operations, passenger services and pave way for greater private sector participation, says Rashiduzzaman Millat

Flight BG136 was diverted to Muscat, where an airport doctor declared the 55-year-old woman dead

Biman Bangladesh Airlines lost around Tk 886 crore ($72.5 million) from chartered cargo flights operated between 2020 and 2022, as it failed to collect, account for, or repatriate funds during Covid-era operations, internal investigations reveal.

Reading the news of Biman Bangladesh Airlines flying engineers and spare parts about 7,000 kilometres from Dhaka to fix a Dreamliner stranded at Rome Fiumicino Airport, one cannot help but wonder: does this make any sense at all?

Flight BG306 landed at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 12:30pm today

The aircraft, S2-AJY, operating on the Toronto-Rome-Dhaka route

The national carrier has invited bids for 6-year leases, with proposals due by Aug 9

European aircraft maker says a mixed fleet could give the national carrier greater flexibility and commercial advantage

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.

Order marks the biggest expansion in the national carrier’s history, with the first jet due in 2031

It creates long-term financial obligations for Bangladesh

Landmark purchase of 14 aircraft marks the biggest fleet expansion move in the national carrier’s history

Expansion roadmap includes new routes to New York, Sydney, Seoul and preparations to revive Dhaka-Narita flights

The systemic licence fraud by several senior pilots of Biman Bangladesh Airlines is condemnable.

Forged flight records and a blatant disregard for safety protocols have revealed a deep-seated rot within Biman Bangladesh Airlines, where the very pilots entrusted with passengers’ lives appear to operate without accountability.

Operations to start July 1

Released from responsibility in line with his own intention, says official gazette

It takes a special kind of self-centred mindset to be the player, the referee, and the rule-maker all at once. In March 2025, a video conference was convened by the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh to vet an applicant for a new aviation licence.

The order also cancelled the contractual appointment of Dr Md Shafiqur Rahman who was arrested yesterday over the alleged abuse of an 11-year-old domestic worker