Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport

UK team looking into security steps

An UK expert team yesterday started examining the measures taken to improve the security at the Hazrat Shahjalal International
12 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Gold worth Tk 1.25cr seized at Dhaka airport

The preventive team of Dhaka Customs House seizes six gold bars, weighing 2.5 kilograms, from a plane at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital.
11 March 2016, 04:42 AM

Air cargo flights to UK suspended

The ban on all air cargo flights out of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to the UK has just come into effect on security grounds.
10 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Saudi FM in Dhaka to discuss bilateral, global issues with PM

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir arrives in Dhaka on a brief official visit to discus ‘bilateral and global’ issues.
8 March 2016, 06:40 AM

1000 fake ATM cards seized at Dhaka airport

Customs Intelligence seizes 1000 counterfeit ATM cards at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
2 March 2016, 10:54 AM

Palestine president expresses gratitude towards Bangladesh

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas makes his first stopover in Dhaka and seeks Bangladesh's 'continuous support in international forums for Palestinian concern.
14 February 2016, 04:52 AM

30 turtles seized at Shahjalal airport

The Armed Police Battalion (APBn) on Friday night seized 30 Indian pond turtles at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport and held three employees of an airline over their alleged involvement in trying to smuggle the turtles out of the country.
13 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Palestine President Abbas due Sunday

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will make an hour stopover in Dhaka early Sunday.
12 February 2016, 09:25 AM

25.5kg gold seized at Dhaka airport

Customs officials last night seized 220 gold bars weighing around 25.5kg from two planes at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital.
21 January 2016, 18:42 PM

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

UN envoy on int'l migration due today

United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for International Migration Peter Sutherland arrives in Dhaka on a three-day visit Tuesday.
19 January 2016, 05:00 AM

3 gold bars recovered from smuggler at court toilet

A man brings out three gold bars from his rectum at a toilet when he is produced before a Dhaka court in a case filed over the recovery of another three bars from him.
18 January 2016, 13:25 PM

Welcome to Bangladesh

Tightening of recent security measures at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka, is a laudable initiative of the government.
3 January 2016, 18:00 PM

6.6kg gold seized at Dhaka airport

The preventive team of Dhaka Customs House detain a person and seize 12 gold bars weighing 6.6 kilograms from his possession at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka .
28 December 2015, 16:04 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

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

'Huge gold' recovered at Dhaka airport

Customs intelligence officials recover a huge amount of gold from inside a flight from Kuala Lumpur at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
7 December 2015, 17:19 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

37kg gold seized at Dhaka airport

Customs officials seize 320 pieces of gold bars weighing 37 kilogrammes, at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
3 December 2015, 13:33 PM

14kg gold seized at Dhaka airport

Customs officials seize 120 gold bars weighing around 14 kilogrammes from under a seat in a flight at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
6 November 2015, 05:39 AM