Direct international flights will be operated from Sylhet Osmani Airport once the construction of its international terminal is completed, said State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism M Mahbub Ali on Tuesday. He expressed this hope while visiting the airport to see the progress in the work on the international terminal and its expansion. READ: US-Bangla launches Dhaka-Sharjah flights He said despite the Covid-19 pandemic Biman operated its flights to UK from Sylhet airport. Talking about prospect of Biman’s direct flight on Dhaka-New York route, Mahbub said an audit team from New York will arrive on February 27 to discuss the subject. READ: US-Bangla Airlines to launch flights to Sharjah Sunday  “We hope we can launch a direct flight on this route soon,” he told reporters. To another question he said the government mulls subsidising plane fares for Middle East-bound Bangladeshi immigrants.  

Bangladesh and the United States on Wednesday signed an agreement for flight operations between the two countries.

Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday proposed an allocation of TK 3,688 crore for Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry, up by Tk 271 crore from the last fiscal year’s revised allocation of Tk 3,417 crore,

The Israeli government approved a civil aviation cybersecurity program, the Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD) reported on Sunday.