Dhaka airport

Dhaka Airport: Passengers suffer due to workers' demo

Hundreds of passengers suffered at Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka yesterday as a section of Biman Bangladesh Airlines workers abstained from work since morning, demanding regularisation of their jobs.
30 September 2018, 18:00 PM

2 Biman staff held with gold at Dhaka airport

Customs Intelligence officials detain two employees of Biman Bangladesh Airlines with 40 gold bars, worth Tk 2.03 crore, from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka .
5 February 2018, 15:05 PM

Indian plane catches fire at Dhaka airport

A SpiceJet plane caught fire while preparing for take-off at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the capital yesterday morning.
17 November 2017, 18:00 PM

Biman staff held for helping to smuggle gold at Dhaka airport

Customs Intelligence officials detain an employee of Biman Bangladesh Airlines for helping to smuggle gold bars weighing 732 grams at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
7 November 2017, 14:05 PM

IS claims responsibility for blast near Dhaka airport

Islamic State claims the responsibility of bomb blast near a police box in front of Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, says SITE Intelligence.
24 March 2017, 17:17 PM

Man dies in bomb explosion near Dhaka airport police box

A man, aged around 30, dies when a bomb attached to his body explodes near a police box in front of Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, police say.
24 March 2017, 14:06 PM

Drone seized at Dhaka airport

Custom intelligence seize a drone at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka due to a ban on its import.
26 July 2016, 15:18 PM

2 kg gold seized at Dhaka airport

In two separate drives, custom officials detain two persons with around 2 kilogrammes of gold from their possession at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
7 June 2016, 15:50 PM

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Announcement at Dhaka Airport: “Passengers are requested to proceed to Gate 3 ALPHA”.
19 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Gold recovered from man’s rectum at Dhaka airport

Customs officials detain a person with eight gold bars hidden inside his body at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
13 May 2016, 14:04 PM

Screening improved, not up to mark yet

Bangladesh is expecting to pass the test for European security standards at the Dhaka airport in the upcoming audit, creating grounds for the withdrawal of the UK ban on direct air cargo from here to London.
31 March 2016, 18:00 PM

US wants to help Bangladesh’s airport security

The United States offers their assistance in ensuring “standard security” for Bangladesh’s airports after the UK raised complain with Dhaka airport.
31 March 2016, 06:50 AM

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

UK’s Redline gets security job at Dhaka airport

British company Redline has been given the job for screening at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at Tk 73.98 crore for two years.
20 March 2016, 15:10 PM

Improving the Dhaka airport experience

Before deplaning, I make sure that I won't have to use the bathroom facilities for the one to two hours that I will spend in the terminal building. The stench of the bathrooms is overpowering! One shudders to think of the reaction of foreigners.
13 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Body formed to step up Dhaka airport’s standard

A committee is formed to step up the standard of Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in view of United Kingdom raising security concerns.
13 March 2016, 11:45 AM

12kg gold seized at Dhaka airport

Customs officials recover approximately 12 kilogrammes of gold bars, worth Tk six crore at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
19 January 2016, 13:53 PM

2 Chinese citizens held with 6kg gold at Dhaka airport

A preventive team with help of airport customs detains two Chinese citizens with 6kg gold at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
23 December 2015, 16:03 PM

Dog squads deployed at Sylhet airport

After Dhaka and Chittagong, dog squads are deployed at Osmani International Airport in Sylhet to tighten the security measures.
4 November 2015, 08:17 AM

Sabotage fear: Security beefed up at Dhaka airport

Security has been beefed up at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport following tip-off on subversive activities provided by detectives, the airport director says. The alert came after the killings of two foreign nationals and a blasts during Shia Muslim community's Ashura programme.
26 October 2015, 07:28 AM