Biman pilot Captain Nowshad Ataul Qayum, who died in India following a mid-air heart attack, was laid to rest at the Banani Graveyard in the capital on Thursday evening.
Earlier, his body arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport from Nagpur, India at 9:12 am in a flight of BG-028.
State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Mohammad Mahbub Ali, senior officials of the national flag carrier, two sisters of Captain Nowshad and his daughter were present at the airport.
The state minister, high officials along with Biman pilots and two other local private airlines -- US-Bangla Airlines and Novoair -- paid their last respect by placing wreaths at his coffin at the airport.