Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (Caab)

CAAB committee blames Abu Dhabi immigration for denial of entry to 112 migrant workers

An investigation committee formed by the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) today blamed immigration authority of Abu Dhabi, UAE for sending back 112 Bangladeshi migrant workers and denying them entry into the country.
26 August 2020

CAAB to resume international flights from June 16

Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh today decided to resume regular flights on international routes on a limited scale from June 16, after around three months of suspension due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
11 June 2020

Plane carrying 304 Bangladeshis allowed entry on humanitarian grounds: CAAB

A total of 304 Bangladeshi passengers, including 95 from Italy and Germany, lands at Dhaka airport.
16 March 2020

MPs to get no special privileges

The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh has turned down a parliamentary body’s request for relaxed security checks for MPs and former ministers at airports of the country.
29 August 2019

Mafidur Rahman new CAAB chief

Air Vice Marshall Muhammad Mafidur Rahman has been appointed as the new chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (Caab).
28 June 2019

CAAB won't allow airlines to use Boeing Max 8 planes

No airlines of Bangladesh would be allowed to operate the Boeing 737 Max family of aircraft until the probe reports of the two 737 Max 8 crashes are revealed, said Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh.
12 March 2019

UP chairman held with arms at Dhaka airport

Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) detains a union parishad chairman with a pistol at the domestic terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
11 March 2019

Cleanse the flagship organisations

It was no secret that these two premier public corporations do not have the best of track records insofar as transparency, honesty and straight dealings are concerned.
5 March 2019

Hijack Bid: Caab suspends five employees for negligence

Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh has suspended five of its employees on charges of negligence in duty during the hijack attempt of a Biman aircraft on February 24.
4 March 2019

Biman hijack bid: 5 CAAB staff suspended

Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) suspends five of its employees on charge of negligence in duty during the alleged hijack attempt of a Biman aircraft at Chattogram airport on February 24.
4 March 2019

Biman hijacker was armed: CAAB chief

The hijacker apprehended at Chattogram’s Shah Amanat International Airport was armed, Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) says.
24 February 2019

CAAB trashes Nepalese media report on US-Bangla aircraft crash

The report run by a Nepalese newspaper over the investigation findings on the US-Bangla plane crash led by their government is 'false' and 'baseless', says Captain Salahuddin M Rahmatullah, head of Aircraft Accident Investigation Group of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB).
27 August 2018

ACC to quiz civil aviation chief engineer Aug 16

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) issues a notice for quizzing Chief Engineer of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) Sudhendu Bikash for allegedly misappropriating huge amount of money.
6 August 2018

CAAB to receive ICAO certificate for progress in safety standards

Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh will receive ‘ICAO Council President Certificate’ from International Civil Aviation Organizationin recognition of implementing 75 percent of progress in optimising safety standards.
16 April 2018

Irregularities are with regulator

It is a brazen example of how a certain job becomes no-holds-barred in the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (Caab), the regulatory body of the civil airlines.
4 April 2018

Aircraft Safety, Maintenance: Regulator under fire

Former pilots and aviation experts yesterday came down heavily on the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh and accused it of irregularities and failing to overseeing safety measures in private airlines.
27 March 2018

US-Bangla aircraft was fit to fly: CAAB chairman

The US-Bangla Dash model aircraft that crashed at Tribhuvan International Airport in Nepal’s Kathmandu was totally fit to fly before departing Dhaka, Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) Chairman Air Vice Marshal M Naim Hassan says.
13 March 2018

Photo ID card must for domestic air travel: Caab

Passengers will have to show valid photo identity card while travelling in both domestic and international routes by air, according to a new instruction from the Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh (Caab).
5 July 2017

Ban on visitors’ entry at Dhaka airport lifted

The Civil Aviation Authorities lift restriction on entry of visitors to concourse hall at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, six months into imposing it over security grounds.
17 April 2016

After Caab chief, Civil aviation secretary replaced

A day into removing the chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (Caab), the government replaces the secretary of civil aviation and tourism ministry.
14 March 2016