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

Police seek jail custody during investigation; victim under treatment

Special rate will be applicable from April 18 to May 25 this year

Flights will operate every Thursday and Saturday

National carrier will operate twice-weekly nonstop flights

They raise questions about the interim government’s neutrality

The government will provide a sovereign guarantee to Biman Bangladesh Airlines to buy 14 aircraft from US planemaker Boeing, as the two sides are likely to sign a deal within this month, sources at the national flag carrier said.

Plane flew three hours back to Dhaka

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has decided in principle to purchase 14 aircraft from Boeing -- to expand its fleet and modernise the national flag carrier.

National carrier decides in principle to buy 14 aircraft from Airbus’s rival