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Fuel cut to Air India jet moments before crash: probe

Fuel control switches to the engines of an Air India flight that crashed shortly after takeoff, killing 260 people, were moved from the ‘run’ to the ‘cutoff’ position moments before impact, a preliminary investigation report said Saturday...

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Heathrow Airport eyes higher fees for £10b upgrade

London’s Heathrow Airport on Friday said it plans to invest £10 billion ($14 billion) over the next five years in upgrades to boost passenger numbers, largely funded by higher charges to airlines.

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Bomb hoax delays Biman flight at Dhaka airport

A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight bound for Kathmandu was halted just moments before takeoff on Friday at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka after an anonymous phone call had warned of a bomb on board.

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Dairy Value Chain Forum launched

The Dairy Value Chain Forum was launched, marking a key step towards advancing green transformation in dairy sector in the country, at a programme at the InterContinental Dhaka on Wednesday...

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Trump, Lula clash over coup trial remarks

US-Brazil relations slid into crisis Monday after president Donald Trump criticised the high-profile coup trial of his right-wing ally, ex-president Jair Bolsonaro...

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4 dead in Cairo telecomms hub fire

At least four people were killed and 27 injured in a fire at a major telecomms centre in Egypt’s capital that caused widespread disruptions, the health ministry said on Tuesday...

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Nairobi tense as Kenya marks democracy uprising

Kenya marked its fight for democracy on Monday, with police blocking main roads in Nairobi ahead of potential protests, after last month’s demonstrations descended into violent clashes...

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16th Zaber & Zubair fabric week begins Tuesday

Zaber & Zubair Fabrics Limited will lift the curtain on its 16th edition of fabric week at its design Studio at 110 Gulshan Avenue in Dhaka on Tuesday, says a press release.

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Travel chaos as French air traffic controllers strike

A two-day strike by French air traffic controllers on Thursday and Friday prompted the cancellation of flights affecting hundreds of thousands of people, not just to-and-from France but also overflying the country as summer holidays kick off.

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5-day hilly fruit fair begins

Chattogram hill tracts affairs adviser Supradip Chakma on Wednesday said that a hub of hill fruits would be set up in the capital to make the fruits available for city people...

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Rockets fired at Iraq airport, wound two

Two rockets struck the military section of Kirkuk airport in northern Iraq late on Monday, slightly wounding two security personnel, a senior security official said...

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Airport police not informed about bullets in adviser Asif’s bag

The Dhaka airport police has not been informed yet about the detection of a magazine containing bullets in a bag of LGRD and cooperatives adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport while he was travelling to Morocco Sunday morning...

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Backers of Bolsonaro hold mass protest

Former president Jair Bolsonaro said Sunday he was prepared to ‘change Brazil’s destiny’ as he addressed thousands of supporters in Sao Paulo, even while facing decades in prison for allegedly attempting a coup...

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Israeli forces kill 23 in Gaza

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes and gunfire killed 23 people in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory on Sunday, including at least three children...

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Biman flight makes emergency landing at HSIA

A Singapore-bound Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight made an emergency landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka Friday morning, minutes after taking off, as a bird hit the aircraft.

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Biman to lease two aircraft soon: CEO

Biman Bangladesh Airlines is set to lease at least two aircraft in the coming months to address an acute shortage of planes to meet growing passenger demand...

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Qatar suspends flights, urges foreigners to shelter

Qatar temporarily suspended air traffic across the country on Monday and some Western embassies advised their citizens there to shelter in place after Iran threatened retaliation for US strikes on its nuclear sites...