Rashidul Hasan

In a sigh of relief, the runway at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport will remain operational for 24 hours from next month instead of June.

The government will sort out the modalities with the Saudi government by early next month such that Bangladeshi citizens can perform Hajj this year, said Faridul Haque Khan, the state Minister for religious affairs.

After spending Tk 4 crore on an experimental direct flight to Toronto, Biman is now studying the feasibility of commercial flights to the Canadian city with stopovers.

Pilots of different airlines have warned that major accidents can happen because of people shining laser beams at aircraft during take-off and landing after dark.

Poor maintenance of an explosive detection system (EDS) at the Dhaka airport has repeatedly been putting exporters in trouble.

The parliament yesterday enacted Bangladesh Patents Bill 2022, aiming to make a century-old patents law more time-befitting and safeguard intellectual property rights.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines will not operate a direct flight on Dhaka-Toronto route considering that it is not commercially viable.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ decision to operate direct flights between Dhaka and Toronto may not be commercially viable, feared multiple aviation experts.

Without completing all required procedures, Biman Bangladesh Airlines is going to operate its first flight on the long awaited Dhaka-Toronto-Dhaka route tomorrow.

Bangladesh is at risk of losing its European export market for vegetables because the Explosive Detective System machine at the Dhaka airport has been inoperative for the last two weeks, causing massive shipment problems and huge financial losses.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has placed its fleet of Boeing 737 planes under surveillance after a jet crashed in China.

Around 25 to 30 officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the civil aviation ministry, and two ruling party lawmakers from the parliamentary body on the ministry will be on Biman’s “experimental commercial” flight on the Dhaka-Toronto-Dhaka route on March 26.  

India yesterday restored all currently valid regular (paper) visas, in a development that will be much cheered by Bangladeshis, who account for the highest number of tourist arrivals.

The jet fuel price has gone up for the 12th time in 16 months, in a development that is bound to cause further strain to migrant workers, who are struggling to foot the high airfares, particularly to the Middle-Eastern countries.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (Caab) has decided not to grant permission to any new airlines to operate flights from Dhaka due to a shortage of space at the terminal and apron areas at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA).

Twenty-three tanneries that are causing high levels of pollution are set to be shut down, a parliamentary body said yesterday.

The central effluent treatment plant (CETP) at the Savar Tannery Industrial Estate with fundamental flaws and jaw-dropping inadequacies, reflects extremely negatively on how this project was planned, designed and implemented, said Saber Hossain Chowdhury, chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on the environment, forest and climate change ministry.

Biman could lose its right to fly to Saudi Arabia for failing to operate with one general sales agent in the kingdom.

In the latest development, Biman Bangladesh Airlines yesterday said its online ticketing system will be re-launched on February 27 to modernise and facilitate passenger services.

A Chinese company has proposed building a metro rail line in Chattogram and reclaiming land from the sea to build a 60-square km “smart city” in exchange for a share of the latter.