Six flights diverted to Sylhet and Kolkata due to fog at Dhaka Airport
Six flights diverted to Sylhet and Kolkata due to fog at Dhaka Airport

Six international flights were diverted to Sylhet and Kolkata airports on Monday morning due to dense fog at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. Of the six flights, Jazeera Airways was arriving from Kuwait, Salam Air from Muscat, two US-Bangla Airlines from Dubai, Qatar Airways from Doha,...

Trump imposes tariffs, sanctions on Colombia over deportation flights dispute
Trump imposes tariffs, sanctions on Colombia over deportation flights dispute

A trade standoff between the U.S. and Colombia escalated on Sunday after President Donald Trump announced a series of tariffs and sanctions against Colombia for rejecting U.S. military aircraft carrying deported migrants. Colombia, the third-largest U.S. trading partner in Latin America, quickly...

Emirates cancels some flights to the US
Emirates cancels some flights to the US

Emirates Airlines has cancelled its flights to Houston, Texas, amid severe weather conditions. In a travel update shared on its website, the airline said, Flight EK211 Dubai to Houston and EK212 Houston to Dubai flights operating on January 21 have been cancelled. The airline said it regrets...

Bomb threat: Biman’s Rome flight lands safely at Dhaka airport
Bomb threat: Biman’s Rome flight lands safely at Dhaka airport

A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Italys Rome to Dhaka received a bomb threat, leading to heightened security measures at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. Flight BG-356, carrying 250 passengers and 13 crew members, landed safely at 9:20 am on Wednesday. Upon landing, law...

Israeli airport suspends flights following Yemen's attack
Israeli airport suspends flights following Yemen's attack

Following a missile attack from Yemen on Israel, the Ben Gurion Airport suspended its flights operation. Israeli media on Saturday morning reported that flights have been suspended at the Ben Gurion Airport following a missile attack launched from Yemen on the occupied territories of Palestine,...

SpaceX Starship test ends in failure after successful booster catch at launch pad
SpaceX Starship test ends in failure after successful booster catch at launch pad

SpaceXs latest Starship test flight ended in failure Thursday after the spacecraft was destroyed following a successful booster catch on the launch pad. The company reported that the Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly, with its six engines shutting down one by one during ascent,...

Dense fog may disrupt flights, road, river communications: BMD
Dense fog may disrupt flights, road, river communications: BMD

Air navigation, inland river transport and road communication may face disruption due to dense fog in the next five days from 9am on Sunday. Parts of the country may experience moderate to dense fog from midnight to morningduring the period, according to a regular bulletin of the Bangladesh...

International flights to and from Damascus to resume Tuesday
International flights to and from Damascus to resume Tuesday

The mainairport in Damascus would resume international flights starting next weekafter such commercial trips were halted following last months ousting ofpresident Bashar al-Assad, said Syrian authority on Saturday. We announce we will start receiving international flights to and fromDamascus...

Fire erupts after air Canada express flight emergency landing in Nova Scotia
Fire erupts after air Canada express flight emergency landing in Nova Scotia

An Air Canada Express flight made an emergency landing at Halifax Stanfield International Airport in Nova Scotia on December 28 because of a suspected landing gear issue. In a statement, the airline confirmed that a suspected landing gear issue occurred, but no injuries were reported. The...

Cyber attack delays some flights of Japan Airlines
Cyber attack delays some flights of Japan Airlines

Japan Airlines (JAL) has reported being hit with a cyber attack, causing delays to some flights, Al Jazeera reported. The airline has been experiencing malfunctions in systems communicating with external systems since shortly before 7:30 am local time (23:30 GMT, Wednesday), it said on Thursday....

85 Bangladeshis return from war-torn Lebanon
85 Bangladeshis return from war-torn Lebanon

Another 85 Bangladeshis have returned home from war-torn Lebanon with the help of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Expatriate Welfare and Foreign Employment, the Bangladesh Mission in Beirut, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The group arrived on Friday morning...

Direct flights between Bangladesh-Pakistan to begin soon
Direct flights between Bangladesh-Pakistan to begin soon

Bangladesh Deputy High Commissioner in Karachi SM Mahbubul Alam on Friday has said that direct flights between Bangladesh and Pakistan would commence soon. The announcement was made during his visit to the Hyderabad Chamber of Small Traders and Small Industry (HCSTSI). Alam revealed plans for an...

Dhaka-bound int’l flights to land at airports in Sylhet, Ctg in winter
Dhaka-bound int’l flights to land at airports in Sylhet, Ctg in winter

To avoid the winter fog, international flights heading for Dhaka airport can land at airports in Sylhet and Chattogram, the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh said Sunday as it seeks to end reliance on foreign airports. Air Vice Marshal Md Monjur Kabir Bhuiyan, chairman of the Civil Aviation...

Harris’ campaign spends $2.6M on private jets in final weeks of race
Harris’ campaign spends $2.6M on private jets in final weeks of race

Vice President Kamala Harris campaign spent $2.6 million on private jet travel in the final weeks of her presidential bid, bringing the total to $12 million, according to Federal Election Commission records. Between October 1 and October 17, her campaign paid nearly $2.2 million to South...

Volcanic eruption disrupts Bali flights, strands travellers
Volcanic eruption disrupts Bali flights, strands travellers

Several international airlines halted flights to and from Bali on Wednesday as the volcanic eruption continued, causing travelers to be stranded at airports. IndonesiasMount Lewotobi Laki Lakivolcano on the remote island of Flores in East Nusa Tenggara province spewed towering columns of hot ash...