airport
Airport security: Govt inks deal with UK company
The government inks a deal with British company Redline for screening at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in a bid to standardise its security aspects.
21 March 2016, 11:38 AM
Airport security: Deal with British company by Mar 21
The government will sign a deal with a British security company by March 21 to ensure security screening at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, the civil aviation minister says.
19 March 2016, 09:43 AM
Cargo aircraft crashes in Bay, 3 dead
A privately-chartered cargo aircraft has crashed into the Bay of Bengal killing one person. Two others are missing while another has been rescued in critical condition. The crash site is about half a kilometre off Cox’s Bazar’s Nazirtek, at the estuary of the Bay and Bakkhali river.
9 March 2016, 05:15 AM
Nepal passenger plane crash kills all 23 on board
Rescuers in western Nepal have found the wreckage of a passenger plane which went missing with 23 people on board.
24 February 2016, 04:39 AM
6kg gold seized at Dhaka airport
Custom officials detained a person with six kilogramme of gold worth of Tk 3 crore from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
5 January 2016, 14:18 PM
14.5kg gold seized at Dhaka airport, 4 held
Two women among 4 held at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport today with 14.5kg gold, worth around Tk 7 crore, concealed in their waist.
23 December 2015, 09:30 AM
Air India technician dies in accident
An Air India technician was killed when the ground staff was sucked into an aircraft’s engine at Chhatrapati Shivaji domestic airport in Mumbai yesterday.
17 December 2015, 06:59 AM
Pak bank official sent back from Dhaka airport
A joint director of the State Bank of Pakistan was sent back from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka as she had no Visa to visit Bangladesh.
14 December 2015, 13:15 PM
Don’t let people accompany VVIPs into airports: PM
To cope with the latest aviation security, the prime minister directs the civil aviation and home ministries to show zero tolerance to illegal entrance into the country’s international airports.
7 December 2015, 11:42 AM
Arrest warrants for Bulu, 22 other BNP men
A Dhaka court issues arrest warrants against 23 leaders and activists of BNP-led 20-party alliance including Barkatullah Bulu, Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas and Maruf Kamal Khan in an arson case.
23 November 2015, 08:39 AM
British Airways plane catches fire in Las Vegas
A British Airways plane bound for London catches fire at Las Vegas airport, forcing the evacuation of 172 people on board on emergency slides.
9 September 2015, 05:22 AM
400 turtles recovered at Dhaka airport
Airport Armed Police Battalion (APBn) seize over 400 Indian pond turtles from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
5 July 2015, 15:42 PM
3.6kg gold seized at Dhaka airport
Customs officials seize 31 gold bars weighing 3.6kg from a passenger at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka this afternoon.
26 June 2015, 14:09 PM
1.7kg gold seized at Dhaka airport, 6 held
Airport Armed Police Battalion (APBn) members seize 14 gold bars weighing 1.7 kilogrammes at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
7 April 2015, 06:12 AM
Yemen crisis: Five killed during fighting at airport
At least five people have been killed amid intense fighting around the international airport in Aden in southern Yemen.
19 March 2015, 13:38 PM