Rashidul Hasan

Both the ruling Awami League and the BNP have been trying to get the Islami Andolon Bangladesh as an ally, but the BNP has finally made it.

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader discusses politics and elections in an exclusive interview with The Daily Star.

Biman is going for codeshare and interline agreements with Gulf Air and Japan Airlines and this will allow its passengers to go to destinations the two carriers serve.

In a bid to regulate helicopter services for corporate use and medical evacuation, as well as enhance air connectivity within the country, the government has made the decision to permit private operators to build heliports and helipads.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has formed a high-powered investigation committee and fact-finding team to identify anomalies and irregularities by Capt Sazid Ahmed of training division during 2021-2023.

Remittance rebounded in Bangladesh in the outgoing financial year, extending some breathing space to an economy struggling to keep its head above water amid the lingering crisis at home and abroad. 

Biman Bangladesh Airlines will be spending about Tk 12.9 crores ($1.18 million) to send 100 officials to Saudi Arabia to “assist Bangladeshi hajis” despite having a ground handling services agent who is supposed to do everything for about two-thirds of that cost.

Biman has violated procurement rules to hire a vendor for its online ticket sales and reservation services, and this will lead to Biman losing over Tk 1,000 crore in 10 years, according to a recent audit report by the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh.

“Embezzlement by a travel agency owner” has made hajj uncertain for at least 538 people.

Rab Director General M Khurshid Hossain has said Jasmine’s “murder” in Naogaon has tarnished the image of the country, the government and the force.

Fresh rifts have surfaced between Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader and the party’s Chief Patron Raushan Ershad as they nominated two separate leaders to contest in the Dhaka-17 by-election.

With only two weeks remaining for sending pilgrims to Saudi Arabia, many private hajj agencies are yet to obtain visas for them.

Turkish Airlines used to fly to Dhaka twice a day but it has been operating one flight a day for a year since it cannot repatriate to Istanbul $24 million it earned here from ticket sales and by moving freight.

A parliamentary body has alleged that private milk supply companies supply low quality milk to the market.

At least 200 of the 218 officials the government is sending to Saudi Arabia to assist the Bangladeshi medical and technical team during hajj do not have any technical training or background in medicine.

Ahead of the Gazipur City Corporation polls, the main opposition in parliament Jatiya Party had said its mayoral candidate would secure good result in the election if it was held in free and fair manner.

A parliamentary body yesterday formed a three-member committee to investigate alleged corruption and irregularities of former additional chief engineer of Roads and Highways Department Tushar Kanti Saha.

A parliamentary body today formed a three-member committee to investigate alleged corruption and irregularities of former additional chief engineer of Roads and Highways Department Tushar Kanti Saha.

It all happened quietly. There were hardly any polling agents for Zaida Khatun. Even her supporters could barely be seen in the largest city corporation of the country. Even during the campaign, her posters were rarely seen.

Fariduzzaman, a flight operation inspector of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB), had violated the rules and sat in the captain’s seat on flight BG 336 of Biman that departed from Jeddah for Dhaka on January 15.