Biman Bangladesh Airlines

Crisis-ridden Biman to offload its boss

Air Marshal (retd) Jamal Uddin Ahmed is about to be shown the door as Biman Bangladesh Airlines is likely to reconstitute its board with a new chairman.
28 March 2016

6kg gold seized under plane seat at Dhaka airport

Customs officials seize gold bars weighing around 6 kilograms from underneath the seat of a flight coming in from Doha at Dhaka airport.
2 February 2016

Biman plans to expand wings on int’l routes: Menon

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has planned to expand its wings to China and Maldives apart from resuming its suspended routes to Delhi and Hong Kong in 2016.
24 January 2016

Biman CEO Kyle Haywood quits

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Kyle Haywood refuses to continue his job.
10 January 2016

Biman staff held over smuggled gold

Law enforcers arrest a staff of Biman Bangladesh Airlines in connection with last month’s seizure of 125 smuggled gold bars at Shahjalal airport in Dhaka.
6 January 2016

Biman gets new Boeing aircraft

Meghdoot, a brand new Boeing 737-800 aircraft, joins the fleet of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.
27 November 2015

Biman to get new aircraft tomorrow

Meghdoot, a brand new Boeing 737-800 aircraft, is to join the fleet of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.
26 November 2015

PM returns from Netherlands

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrives in Dhaka completing her three-day tour to the Netherlands.
6 November 2015

Amsterdam rolls out red carpet for PM

A red carpet is rolled out as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrives in Amsterdam amid a rousing reception on a three-day official visit to the Netherlands at the invitation of her Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte.
4 November 2015

PM leaves for Amsterdam

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves Dhaka for Amsterdam on a three-day official visit to the Netherlands at the invitation of her Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte.
3 November 2015

First Biman Hajj return flight delayed by 11hrs

The first Hajj return flight of national flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines lands – delayed by nearly 11 hours for was said “technical glitch”.
28 September 2015

95 more trafficking victims back home from Malaysia

Ninety five more Bangladeshi trafficking victims, who were rescued by the Malaysian authorities from the Andaman Sea last May, return home from Kuala Lumpur.
9 July 2015

Catch these perverts, Nasir!

Are we becoming perverts as a people? Sex-starved drooling morons? Look around and you tend to believe so.
28 June 2015

41 Bangladeshi trafficking victims return from Thailand today

Forty one Bangladeshi trafficking victims will return home from Thailand today. A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying them will land at Dhaka airport at 7:30pm.
24 June 2015

PM returns from UK

Wrapping up her six-day visit to the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returns home.
18 June 2015

Biman staff stage demo for job regularision

Staff of Biman Bangladesh Airlines staged demonstration to realise a two-point demand including regularisation of their jobs.
14 June 2015

Biman airbus seized for carrying smuggled gold

Customs Intelligence officials seize a Biman Bangladesh Airlines aircraft for carrying smuggled gold at Dhaka airport.
30 May 2015

Biman flights to USA may resume this year

Biman Bangladesh Airlines is expecting to resume flights to the USA within this year after upgrading the existing category of Bangladesh's aviation regulator.
5 May 2015

Yemen evacuation: 337 Bangladeshis reach home

The 337 Bangladeshis, who were evacuated recently from strife-torn Yemen and brought to south Indian port city of Kochi by two ships, reach home. Two special fights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Bangladeshis land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka around 4:30am and 5:15am.
19 April 2015

Yemen crisis: 337 Bangladeshis to reach Dhaka Sunday

A total of 337 Bangladeshi nationals, who were evacuated from war-torn Yemen last week, are expected to return home Sunday.
18 April 2015