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India plans facial recognition technology at airports

The scheme will be rolled out early next year in a bid to help congested airports deal with rapidly rising passenger numbers, the ministry of civil aviation says.
Malaysians make record bust of crystal meth

Malaysia makes its largest ever seizure of crystal methamphetamine, officials said today, finding nearly 1.2 tonnes of the drug disguised as tea in a shipment from Myanmar, and arrested six suspected traffickers.
Laptops, tablets on airplanes: what's the threat?

Britain and the US ban laptops and tablet computers from the passenger compartment of flights from several Middle East and North African nations.
Tigers depart for Sri Lanka

Bangladesh national cricket team left Dhaka for their month long tour of Sri Lanka today.
Mehedi returns to Dhaka

Mehedi Hasan Miraz, the young boy who became the toast of a nation with his 12 wickets in the first Test victory over England returned to Dhaka from Khulna early today.
Taskin exudes confidence as Tigers go to Chittagong

Bangladesh fast-bowler Taskin Ahmed expresses his optimism and élan about the series-deciding ODI on October 12 against England as the Tigers geared up to leave for Chittagong.
Walsh set to arrive tomorrow night

West Indies legend Courtney Walsh, who has signed up to be Bangladesh’s specialist bowling coach will arrive in Dhaka tomorrow night.
Doha airport brings in passenger tax

Qatar's international airport is to charge passengers an exit tax as the energy-reliant emirate adjusts to falling oil prices.
Ronaldo opens own "CR7" hotel

Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo inaugurates his own hotel called "CR7" after his initials and shirt number, while the airport on his home island of Funchal is renamed in his honour.
Airport loader’s body found in Dhaka

Police recover the body of an airport loader from a rented house at Dakshin Khan bazaar area of Dhaka.
Missing IT expert Zoha back home

Detectives dropped IT expert Tanveer Hassan Zoha home in the capital's Kalabagan area early yesterday, six days after he had gone missing.
Airport security: Govt inks deal with UK company

The government inks a deal with British company Redline for screening at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in a bid to standardise its security aspects.
Airport security: Deal with British company by Mar 21

The government will sign a deal with a British security company by March 21 to ensure security screening at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, the civil aviation minister says.
Cargo aircraft crashes in Bay, 3 dead

A privately-chartered cargo aircraft has crashed into the Bay of Bengal killing one person. Two others are missing while another has been rescued in critical condition. The crash site is about half a kilometre off Cox’s Bazar’s Nazirtek, at the estuary of the Bay and Bakkhali river.
Nepal passenger plane crash kills all 23 on board

Rescuers in western Nepal have found the wreckage of a passenger plane which went missing with 23 people on board.
6kg gold seized at Dhaka airport

Custom officials detained a person with six kilogramme of gold worth of Tk 3 crore from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
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.
Air India technician dies in accident

An Air India technician was killed when the ground staff was sucked into an aircraft’s engine at Chhatrapati Shivaji domestic airport in Mumbai yesterday.
Pak bank official sent back from Dhaka airport

A joint director of the State Bank of Pakistan was sent back from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka as she had no Visa to visit Bangladesh.
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.
Arrest warrants for Bulu, 22 other BNP men

A Dhaka court issues arrest warrants against 23 leaders and activists of BNP-led 20-party alliance including Barkatullah Bulu, Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas and Maruf Kamal Khan in an arson case.
Passengers flee as BA jet catches fire

A British Airways plane bound for London catches fire at Las Vegas airport, forcing the evacuation of 172 people on board on emergency slides.
400 turtles recovered at Dhaka airport

Airport Armed Police Battalion (APBn) seize over 400 Indian pond turtles from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
3.6kg gold seized at Dhaka airport

Customs officials seize 31 gold bars weighing 3.6kg from a passenger at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka this afternoon.
1.7kg gold seized at Dhaka airport, 6 held

Airport Armed Police Battalion (APBn) members seize 14 gold bars weighing 1.7 kilogrammes at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
Yemen crisis: Five killed during fighting at airport

At least five people have been killed amid intense fighting around the international airport in Aden in southern Yemen.