Pilot Recruitment: HC forms committee to investigate irregularities
The High Court yesterday formed a three-member committee to probe the allegation of irregularities in pilot recruitment and flight operations by Biman Bangladesh Airlines.
The committee is comprised of an additional secretary from the civil aviation and tourism ministry and a high official each from civil aviation and Biman Bangladesh.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The court asked the committee to submit its probe report to it in 30 days.
The bench of Justice JBM Hassan and Justice Razik-Al-Jalil came up with the order after hearing a petition filed by Advocate Md Tanvir Ahmed, a Supreme Court lawyer.
He submitted the petition in April following two reports published in The Daily Star on March 1 -- which was updated on March 13 with the title "Biman paying for hiring unqualified Boeing 777 pilots" -- and also on March 2 with the title "Life lost amid irregularities".