Biman's mismanagement
It is embarrassing to read in The Daily Star of October 22,2005 that Biman could not operate their domestic flights as Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation(BPC) has refused to supply them the jet fuel as Biman owes hundreds of crores of taka in arrears to BPC. In the recent past, lot of anomalies have been reported in different newspapers highlighting Biman's mismanagement, unionism, corruption, tender manipulation and many more such things. Despite all these serious allegations neither the Biman authorities nor the government did take any action to rid Biman of these ills. In the absence of proper expertise and strict guidelines, Biman is now in a mess and a burden for the nation. Let us compare Biman with Emirates. One will be surprised to know that Emirates started its journey only in 1985, and today the airline has a fleet of 50 aircrafts. Moreover, in the recently concluded Paris Air Show, Emirates has placed an order worth 19 billions of dollars for purchasing different types of new aircrafts. As for Biman, no comments!
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