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Ex-president Hamid returns home, Hasina’s uncle Kabir leaves for Singapore

Former president Abdul Hamid returned home from Bangkok of Thailand early Monday on a Thai Airways flight while the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s uncle, Sheikh Kabir Hossain, left Bangladesh for Singapore on Sunday morning through the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital Dhaka...

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First Hajj return flight lands in Dhaka with 369 pilgrims

A total of 369 pilgrims returned home on Tuesday morning aboard the first Hajj return flight of 2025, marking the beginning of the month-long repatriation of Bangladeshi pilgrims after the successful completion of the holy pilgrimage.

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Turkish airlines flight makes emergency landing at HSIA

A Turkish Airlines flight made an emergency landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Tuesday morning as the flight’s right side engine faced a bird hit minutes after its takeoff from the airport...

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Canada keen to invest in aviation sector

Canada has expressed interest in investing in Bangladesh’s growing aviation sector, particularly in airport infrastructure development through soft loan facilities...

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Biman plane without wheel flies to HSIA, lands safely

A Biman Bangladesh Airlines aircraft safely landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital Dhaka without one of its wheels, as the wheel came off from the Dhaka-bound airliner shortly after it took off from the Cox’s Bazar airport.

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N’ganj BNP leader arrested, expelled over extortion allegations

Riyad Mohammad Chowdhury, the organising secretary of the Fatullah Thana unit of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and a member of the BNP’s district convening committee, was arrested at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday morning while attempting to flee to Thailand...

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Unpaid tea workers’ concerns demand urgent attention

EXPORT earnings from tea gardens in the country have been progressively on the rise amid allegations of gross violations of tea workers’ rights. About 2,600 tea garden workers of Burjan Tea Company blocked the Sylhet Airport Highway on May 4 for several hours, demanding their wage arrears and allowances. Protesting workers reported that their wages and food...

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Missile hits Israel airport area in Huthi-claimed attack

A missile struck inside the perimeter of Israel’s main airport on Sunday, wounding six people, halting flights and gouging a wide crater, in an attack claimed by Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels...

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Direct hajj flights from Sylhet to begin May 14

Aiming to ease the sufferings of Hajj pilgrims, Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the national flag carrier, is set to commence direct flights from Sylhet’s Osmani International Airport to Madinah starting May 14.

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Travel chaos after power outage closes Heathrow airport

Heathrow airport was completely shut down on Friday after a power outage due to a fire at a London electricity substation, causing travel chaos for passengers around the world and the cancellation or diversion of hundreds of flights from Europe’s busiest air hub.

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Hillock near Sylhet airport catches fire

A fire broke out on a hillock near Osmani International Airport in Sylhet on Sunday afternoon, causing panic among air passengers and their companions.

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One killed as business jets collide at US airport

At least one person died when a business jet smashed into another plane after landing at a US airport on Monday, authorities said, the latest in a string of deadly aviation accidents in the United States.

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No justification of splitting Biman: chair

Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ board chairman Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury on Thursday dismissed the idea of splitting the national carrier into two, stating that there was no logical basis for such a move...

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17.5kg gold seized at Sylhet airport

Intelligence officials seized 17.5 kilogrammes of gold from the luggage of two passengers of Biman Bangladesh Airlines at Sylhet  Osmani International Airport on Thursday morning.

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HSIA gets bomb hoax call again, security tightened

The Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport authorities again received a potential bomb threat call on Wednesday night and the authorities checked people and planes till 2:30am on Thursday to ensure security...

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Bomb hoax disrupts activities at Dhaka airport

Panic gripped people at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport after the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh on Wednesday morning received information about a potential bomb attack on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight bound for Dhaka from Rome...

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International flights resume at Damascus airport

International flights resumed at Syria’s main airport in Damascus on Tuesday for the first time since Islamist-led forces toppled president Bashar al-Assad last month...