DHAKA: Le Meridien Dhaka and Four Points by Sheraton Dhaka joined hands to organize the hotel ‘Charity Run’ in aid of Shishu Polli Plus. The charity run took place on Sunday at the Shishu Polli Plus campus in Sreepur, Gazipur.This coincided with similar charity run events

DHAKA: Regent Airways, country’s leading private airlines operator, has made plan for a big expansion in the aviation sector with a $100 million investment throughout next three years, said a senior official of the airline.The airline is also looking to acquire five new aircraft as

DHAKA: United Airways newly appointed managing director (MD) Shahinur Alam blamed its former chairman and also managing director Captain Tasbirul Ahmed Chowdhury for their ongoing crisis.   Besides, Alam urged the passengers and employees to allow him a short period of time to overcome

DHAKA: The flights operation of United Airways remained shut down from Thursday morning due to the shortage of fuel and in-flight foods on Thursday triggering passengers’ sufferings. The sudden cancellation of the flights caused huge sufferings of the passengers and some officials of

KOLKATA: A passenger aircraft of the United Airways of Bangladesh had a close shave in Kolkata as it avoided a mid air collision with an aircraft of Saudi Airlines at the last moment on Monday night.The two jets, carrying 500 passengers, managed to avoid the collision due to the

DHAKA: Five Star Hotel Le Méridien, Dhaka, owned by Best Holdings Limited and managed by International hotel chain Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is going to start operation from December. The hotel has 304 guest rooms and suites accommodating unique experiences, complete

DHAKA: Emirates’ will serve Mauritius with a double daily A380 service from 1st December this year. This second A380 will replace the existing Boeing 777 operation and increases Emirates' capacity on the route by 19%.Emirates’ A380 service into Mauritius has enjoyed exceptional

DHAKA: Biman Shramik League President Mashiur Rahman has given ultimatum to its Managing Director Mosaddek Ahmed till July 3 to meet their demand after their Monday’s besieging programme.  He said they would announce fresh programme, including besiege Biman’s chairman office, to

DHAKA: Emirates will expand its A380 network to 28 destinations, when it launches a daily A380 service to Mumbai International Airport on 21st July. EK 500 and EK 501 between Dubai and Mumbai will be up-scaled to a three-class A380 aircraft, representing with a capacity increase of 2,127

DHAKA: This Independence Day set yourself free and awakens your senses to a host of delicious delicacies. In order to enrich the dining experience of our guests the Westin Dhaka is offering a special lunch discount.Located on the second level, Signature restaurant Seasonal Tastes is ready

NEW YORK: The authorities of World famous Boeing on Friday handed over another airplane--Boeing 777-300 ER--to the national carrier of the country Bangladesh Biman Airlines in Seattle of the USA.High ups of Boeing Company handed over the aircraft to the Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister

DHAKA: Kevin Steele, Managing Director (MD) of the national carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines, resigned from his position showing reasons related to health.Kevin confirmed the matter to banglanews on Sunday afternoon though he did not mention the date of enactment of his resignation

DHAKA: State-run Biman Bangladesh Airlines return flight left Yangon carrying only 16 passengers on December 19, 2013 and another return flight of Biman left Yangon towards Dhaka with only 36 passengers on December 23.On 23 December, same flight headed for Dhaka with small number of

DHAKA: The board of directors of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the state owned aircraft carrier was dissolved.Board of directors of Biman was dissolved in its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Monday night.  Although it’s a regular practice of the authority in every year but this year the

DHAKA: The Westin Dhaka is going to celebrate the ‘Christmas Kids Party’ on December 25 to rejoice the Christmas Eve with kids at the Grand Ballroom (level 1).The party will be filled with assorted roaming kid performers, Kids DJ, Kids movie shows, exciting game shows, gaming zone,

DHAKA: Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the state-owned aircraft carrier, is becoming a loss project again as it’s passengers and earning are declining day by day after the joining of Kevin Steele, the new managing director of Biman. According to the Biman information, revenue earning

DHAKA: Biman Bangladesh Airlines is gradually going under the grip of foreigners after joining of Kevin Steele as Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO).On March 18, Kevin Steele took the post of chief executive of the national carrier and since then he started saying

DHAKA: Biman Bangladesh Airlines Director (Planning) Mazharul Islam reigned over misconduct issues with Managing Director, also CEO of Biman Kevin Steele.Majharul recently submitted a resignation letter expressing personal reasons though his office tenure is valid till 2015.Biman sources

DHAKA: Malindo Air, an airline based in Malaysia, has unveiled its continuous expansion plans with the announcement of the launching of flights from Kuala Lumpur to Chittagong, Bangladesh, from January 2 next year.This marked its second route to Bangladesh.Bookings are available now, and

DHAKA: Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has launched a special promotion for Bangladeshi travelers offering up to 50 per cent discount on the Pearl Business Class Cabin to destinations including London, Manchester, New York, Washington DC and