Airport fire exposes costly state negligence
Without mandatory insurance, disasters will keep draining public funds, experts warn
20 October 2025, 18:02 PM
Garment exports find a workaround after India ends transhipment
Dhaka and Sylhet airports improve export services, also offer lower handling costs
7 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Cox’s bazar int’l airport: Launch blows past deadline
The upgrade of Cox’s Bazar airfield to an international airport has been delayed by about a week as it awaits government approval.
1 October 2025, 18:37 PM
Chaotic crowding at Dhaka airport
Relatives swarm arrival, departure zones despite entry restrictions, disrupting passenger movement
1 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Jamaat, other Islamist parties to take to streets
The Jamaat-e-Islami and several other like-minded parties have decided to take to the streets to realise their five-point demand that includes holding the election on the basis of the July Charter and under the proportional representation system.
15 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Jamaat, 6 other parties to wage simultaneous movements
The political arena is bracing for fresh heat as the Jamaat-e-Islami, Islami Andolan Bangladesh and five like-minded parties have moved to begin simultaneous movements this week for a four-point demand, including immediate implementation of the July Charter.
13 September 2025, 18:21 PM
Biman’s Narita route was revived without proper planning
Say officials, experts; blame poor assessment for suspension
5 September 2025, 20:26 PM
Divisions widen over July Charter’s status, implementation
Major political parties are divided over the July Charter’s implementation timeline
23 August 2025, 18:10 PM
Chunnu made secy gen of JP
Jatiya Party Co-chairman Mujibul Haque Chunnu was the party’s secretary general yesterday, ending the weeklong division and tension in the main opposition in the parliament.
9 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Pcr Test at Airport: Results not so rapid
There seems to be no end to the woes of the stranded 20,000-odd UAE-based Bangladeshi expatriates.
6 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Jatiya Party hits turbulence over GS appointment
There has been division and tension among the top leaders of Jatiya Party over the post of secretary general, which has been vacant since Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu passed away on Saturday.
5 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Cargo space shortage at airport: Exporters stare at mounting losses
The cargo village at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) is failing to accommodate the rising volume of export-bound goods, piling up losses on suppliers as they are struggling to ship merchandises on time.
30 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Preventing Rumours: JS body wants fact checking cell under PID
A parliamentary body at a meeting yesterday recommended that the information ministry takes effective measures to stop the spread of rumours and fake news on social media.
30 September 2021, 18:00 PM
A loss of Tk 1,223cr!
Two former top officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines yesterday submitted their statement before a parliamentary body regarding taking lease of two Boeing 777 aircraft from Egypt, which led to huge losses at Biman.
29 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation: In the throes of pandemic
Jewel Mia, a temporary employee of Motel Sylhet, has been working for the Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation for the last four years.
26 September 2021, 18:00 PM
46 go to the UAE on trial
Around 46 Bangladeshi expatriate workers flew to UAE last night on an experimental basis following Covid-19 tests in a mobile RT-PCR lab within six hours of their flight.
22 September 2021, 18:00 PM
PCR lab: Weeks gone, PM’s directive not carried out
Over two weeks after the prime minister instructed to set up RT-PCR laboratories at the Dhaka airport within two to three days, two ministers said yesterday that the current venue is not suitable and will be shifted elsewhere in the airport.
21 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Cox’s Bazar Forestland: JS body’s no to civil service academy plan
A parliamentary body yesterday strongly opposed the public administration ministry’s plan to build a civil service academy in Cox’s Bazar on 700 acres of land that has been declared as protected forest and ecologically critical area (ECA).
19 September 2021, 18:00 PM
RMG exporters fear losses for airport drawbacks
Apparel exporters are apprehending significant losses in business for missing freight transport deadlines as the number of scanners and flights at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka is currently insufficient to meet demand.
19 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Pcr Lab at Shahjalal Airport: CAAB, healthcare facilities at odds
Complications have arisen regarding setting up rapid RT-PCR labs at the Dhaka airport to test outgoing passengers for Covid-19, continuing the uncertainty surrounding the return of around 30,000 expatriate workers to their workplaces in the UAE.
17 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Couriers in use to smuggle out forex
The Dhaka airport authorities have seized Saudi riyals and Singapore dollars worth about Tk 12.5 crore from a Singapore-bound garment consignment, in a first such incident of smuggling of foreign currency in recent memory.
14 September 2021, 18:00 PM
High surcharges clipping airlines’ wings
Different airlines of the country are struggling to survive due to the sky-high surcharge rate imposed by Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB), according to the country’s private airline operators.
13 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Land for PBI Office: JS body initiates probe into ‘anomaly’
A parliamentary watchdog yesterday formed a three-member sub-committee to investigate alleged irregularities in the acquisition of one acre (100 decimal) of land to build an office of Police Bureau of Investigation in Kolatoli, Cox’s Bazar.
9 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Migrants Going Abroad: Their pleas finally heard
Mohiuddin Belal, an engineer based in UAE, heaved a sigh of relief on August 4 when he heard that his host country had lifted the flight ban from Bangladesh after about three months.
6 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Reunited after 22 years
Twenty-two years ago, Ameena Khatun of Bogura’s Dhunat upazila went missing. Her three sons and a daughter could not find her and assumed that their mother was no longer alive.
6 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Assumed dead, woman returned to family from Nepal after 22 years
Twenty-two years ago, Ameena Khatun of Bogura’s Dhunot upazila went missing. Her three sons and a daughter could not find her and assumed that their mother was no longer alive.
6 September 2021, 12:27 PM
New private airline to join the fray
A new airline, Air Astra, is set to take off in January next year, becoming the eleventh private operator to enter the industry in the past 25 years.
5 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh-India: Airlines operate flights from tomorrow
Biman and US-Bangla airlines will resume flight operations to India under an air bubble agreement between Bangladesh and India from tomorrow after a four-month hiatus over coronavirus restrictions.
3 September 2021, 18:00 PM