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	Bangladesh - World Wikia
		Bangladesh is a country of South Asia, and with a population of 147,365,000 is the seventh post populous country of the world whereas area-wise with an area of 144,000 km² it ranks as the ninety-fourth country.
		Bangladesh is not very popular as a tourist destination in the international tourist circuit, but someone with a penchant to experience the unknown would find the country interesting.
		Bangladesh is surrounded by India on all sides except a small southeast border with Myanmar and the Bay of Bengal to the south.
	world.wikia.com /wiki/Bangladesh (1615 words)

	Passenger Opinions about Biman Bangladesh Airlines
		All in all, Biman was a bit better than I had feared, but it still would be far from my first choice for this route, and I only used it on this occasion as there was no reasonably priced alternative.
		Biman Bangladesh Airlines should be made the airline of the week - although having losses of millions of dollars every year due to administrative corruption, it has continued to fly in the skies for its loyal passengers, who fly Biman regularly, and upholding the nationalism among the people of Bangladesh.
		Biman Bangladesh has always been a very friendly and competitive airline, and has a good share of passengers in every destination it flies to.
	www.airlinequality.com /Forum/biman-2.htm (1997 words)

	Biman Bangladesh Airlines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Biman Bangladesh Airlines (Bangla:বিমান বাংলাদেশ) is an airline based in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
		Biman Bangladesh was established on 4 January 1972 and started operations in February 1972, when the Bangladesh Air Force gave the company a Douglas DC-3 that had seen action in World War II as a present.
		Dark green and red cheatlines on a white fuselage, with the name "Biman Bangladesh" written in green, in English on one side and Bengali on the other.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Biman_Bangladesh_Airlines (412 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Biman Bangladesh Airlines sources said operation of the three scheduled domestic flights have been cancelled till this noon owing to the strike.
		Bangladesh argues that erection of the fence within 150 yards of the zero line violates the 1975 Boundary Agreement between the two countries, which stipulates that no barricade can be set up by either country within this distance of the border.
		Rejecting Bangladesh’s contention, India insists that in certain areas along the 4095-km long border, the fence had to be erected within the 150-yard strip because of topographical and technical reasons.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2005/09/28/front.htm (6334 words)

	Biman staff suspend programmes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Officials and employees of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines yesterday suspended their planned action programme to stop all domestic flights following an assurance of the government to resolve the liquidity crisis of the national flag carrier.
		Bangladesh Biman Sanmilita Sangram Parishad, a platform of all the 10 unions and associations of Biman Bangladesh Airlines decided to suspend the agitation programme at a meeting with State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at his office at the Bangladesh Secretariat in the afternoon.
		The Biman employees, however, threatened that they would go on strike in all airports to stop ground handling of all airlines--be it local or foreign ones -- if their demand for resolving the liquidity crisis remains unmet.
	nation.ittefaq.com /artman/publish/printer_30547.shtml (463 words)

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		The Board of Directors of Biman Bangladesh Airlines in its meeting held in the last week of March approved the proposal to replace Biman”s present old aircraft with the new generation at a cost of Taka 25,000 crore.
		Biman Bangladesh Airlines is now thinking to procure 10 new generation aircraft by removing the existing 14.
		The Chairman of Board of Directors of Biman Bangladesh Airlines is State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin and the Chairman of Technical Evaluation Committee is the Secretary of Ministry of Communication Shafiqul Islam.
	www.bangladesh-web.com /view.php?hidDate=2005-04-15&hidType=BAE (539 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The airline could not even pay arrears to its staffs and clear the outstanding payments to the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) and Biman Bangladesh airlines when it went out of operation.
		Some old employees of the Phuket Airlines said that it had been the custom that in cases of re-launching of any closed company, old staffs should be called first but the Phuket Air did not contact any of its old staffs.
		Some passengers who claimed to have purchased ticket of the airline for package tours and finally cancelled their trips on acceptable grounds were also deprived of money payback.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2004/05/20/Ctg.htm (1493 words)

	BANGLAPEDIA: Biman Bangladesh Airlines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Biman then procured two used F-27 aircraft, which were soon flying to chittagong and sylhet.
		The domestic airports serviced by Bangladesh Biman are at dhaka, Chittagong, rajshahi, Sylhet, cox's bazar, jessore, and saidpur.
		Biman is well-known for its trained and dedicated cabin crew and its safety record.
	www.banglapedia.org /HT/B_0516.HTM (323 words)

	Bangladesh Trade Info :: Travel : How to Reach
		Biman Bangladesh Airlines connects Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet with 26 major cities of the world.
		In addition, Bangladesh national traveling abroad are required to pay Travel Tax of Taka 1800.00 for North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Australia and Far East Countries; Taka 600.00 for SAARC member countries and Taka 1300.00 for the remaining countries.
		Bangladesh citizens are not permitted to import alcohol or alcoholic beverage and cigarette as baggage.
	www.bdtradeinfo.com /travel/howto_reach.asp (707 words)

	BBC NEWS \| South Asia \| Bangladesh Biman hits the buffers
		On Tuesday the cash-strapped airline announced that it may suspend long-haul flights to Europe, America and parts of Asia in an effort to reduce heavy losses.
		Biman's erratic passenger schedule, the poor state of its 13 dwindling and elderly aircraft, its bloated staff numbers and its failure to pay fuel bills have all given the impression that it has hit severe turbulence.
		The airline's woes have been pinned by many observers on the government's reluctance to relinquish control of Biman and allow it to stand on its own feet.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/4986586.stm (627 words)

	Bangladesh \| Business solutions from AllBusiness.com
		AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A passenger aboard a Biman Bangladesh Airlines aircraft was removed from the flight after authorities received information that he...
		Bangladesh: the agriculture minister of Bangladesh, M K Anwar, said the government would support biotechnology as it has the potential to fight hunger, poverty and malnutrition.
		BANGLADESH: The agriculture minister of Bangladesh, M K Anwar, said the government would support biotechnology as it has the potential to fight hunger, poverty and...
	www.allbusiness.com /bangladesh/3078580-1.html (830 words)

	Metropolitan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The flight operation of Bangladesh Biman was normal yesterday as Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) supplied necessary jet fuel to the Bangladesh Biman authority, though one or two flights were delayed due to rough weather.
		Announcing the launching of the Sadan at a press conference at the central office of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB), eminent journalist and initiator of the Sadan Syed Abul Muksud said his residence at Aziz Apartment at Dhanmondi in the city would initially be used as the office of the Sadan.
		Bangladesh Awami Swechchasebak League (BASL), a front organisation of the main opposition Awami League, has instructed all its Thana units across the country to complete their conferences within December 5 to consolidate the organisation at the grassroots level.
	independent-bangladesh.com /news/oct/23/23102005mt.htm (4797 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Biman sources said, pilots of the Biman are joining foreign airlines attracted by higher salary while the appointment of fresh pilots remained suspended over the last two years.
		A total of 19 pilots of the Biman have joined the Qatar Airways with higher remuneration in the past two years and very soon at least 15 pilots from the airbus are going to join the same airlines, while four of the DC-10 aircrafts are joining the Saudi Airlines.
		A senior office-bearer of the Bangladesh Airlines Pilot Association (BAPA) told BDNEWS that Biman is short of 50 pilots according to their calculation.
	www.bangladesh-web.com /news/view.php?hidDate=2006-04-23&hidType=NAT&hidRecord=0000000000000000102344 (802 words)

	Metropolitan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC), a subsidiary of Petrobangla, is in dire liquidity crisis owing to non-payment of huge arrears amounting to Tk 900 crore by big public sector corporations like Bangladesh Power Development Board, Biman Bangladesh Airlines, Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation, Bangladesh Railway and organisations belonging to the defence services.
		Bangladesh Petroleum Dealer, Distributor, Agent and Petrol Pump Owners’ Association Wednesday threatened to go on an indefinite strike from September 28 to press home their 12 point demand including increasing rate of commission on fuel sales.
		Bangladesh yesterday expressed its deep shock and grief at the tragic death of a large number of people in a stampede on a Baghdad bridge over the Tigris river near the Kadhimiya mosque in Iraq.
	independent-bangladesh.com /news/sep/01/01092005mt.htm (3722 words)

	BBC NEWS \| South Asia \| Airline's 'lonely hearts' tactic
		That seemed to be exactly what Biman Bangladesh Airlines was saying when it issued an advert for a "strategic partner" in the press on Tuesday.
		The airline is now so cash-strapped it is struggling to pay salaries and maintain its elderly fleet of aircraft.
		Biman's erratic passenger schedule, the poor state of its 13 elderly aircraft, its bloated staff numbers and its failure to pay fuel bills have all given the impression that it has hit severe turbulence.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/5298284.stm (579 words)

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		Ekushey Television (ETV) was taken off air on Aug 29, 2002 after the broadcasting authority under then-prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia accused it of showing programs that were biased towards her predecessor, Sheikh Hasina of the Awami League.
		Bangladesh cricket players Shahriar Nafees, left, and Javed Omar fool around as they sit by the entrance to their players area as they wait whilst a rain shower prevents them from training at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in St Peter's, Antigua, Friday March 30, 2007.
		Bangladesh play Australia in a Super 8s match at the stadium on Saturday.
	www.despardes.com /bangladesh/index.html (429 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 842 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Citing another example of corruption, another Biman official said, "An amount of $56,000 has been showed as the repair charge of an Inertial Navigation System [INS] whereas it is possible to buy a new system for $12,000-15,000 only." The repaired INS went out of order just a day after being installed, he added.
		Sitting BAPA President SM Helal said leasing aircraft for the Biman fleet is another wrong policy of the Biman management as it is possible to buy a new aircraft with the huge amount spent for leasing an aircraft for five years.
		"Biman is inching towards death," said SM Helal, also convener of the Biman Sammilito Sangram Parishad, demanding for a Biman management free from corruption.
	www.thedailystar.net /2006/10/08/d6100801044.htm (779 words)

	Gulfnews: Biman looks for partnership with a Gulf airline
		State-owned Biman recently floated a tender to offload 61 per cent of the government's stake to a strategic investor that will possibly rescue the airline from its current financial crisis.
		The Bangladesh government will retain a 30 per cent minority stake and the remaining nine per cent will be reserved for Biman employees, as per the tender document.
		Biman earlier this week received government backing to bail it out of the current financial crisis, its worst in the airline's 34-year history.
	archive.gulfnews.com /business/Aviation/10065525.html (494 words)

	Biman Bangladesh Pilots End Protest
		Biman Bangladesh Airlines resumed normal flights on Friday after two days of disruptions because of work stoppages by pilots.
		About 60 percent of Biman's domestic and international flights were abandoned after the fleet's 150 pilots refused to work overtime from Wednesday.
		The demands include reinstatement of Captain S.M. Nasimul Haque, president of Bangladesh Airlines Pilots Association (BAPA), and removal of a spokesman of the airlines for what it considered to be a derogatory comment he made about BAPA.
	news.airwise.com /stories/2004/05/1084535567.html (220 words)

	Bimanair.com: Biman's Official Website
		Biman Cargo, the shipper's solution to import/export goods quickly and economically than ever before Contact Biman sales office for the details, read more inside....
		Biman has been aiming in achieving the goal of being truly international commercially viable airline of the region with its warmth and friendliness, care, safety record, traditional hospitality and comfort of the services it offered.
		Biman considerably improved its on-time departure and arrival to all its destinations.
	www.bimanair.com (259 words)

	Bangladesh Biman Plans Fleet Renewal
		State-owned Biman Bangladesh Airlines, which has struggled to maintain schedules with its aged fleet, said it planned to buy 10 new wide-bodied Airbus and Boeing aircraft.
		Biman wants the new planes as part of its fleet upgrade and in a bid to reduce high maintenance costs, said Kobita Papari, an aviation analyst, adding Biman was also concerned about foreign airlines growing interest in Bangladesh, especially in its regional carriers.
		Biman last year bought two F-28s that failed to fly on schedule due to mechanical problems, aviation sources said.
	news.airwise.com /story/view/1111660372.html (271 words)

	Bangladesh Directory
		Bangladesh is set to enter the global information superhighway this weekend with the launch of its first submarine fiber-optic cable, allowing high-speed telecommunications that are likely to enhance its information technology sector, the government said Saturday.
		Biman would temporarily discontinue services to New York, Tokyo, Paris, Frankfurt and Bangkok-Singapore as they are not profitable, Junior Civil Aviation Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam......
		Biman Bangladesh Airlines sources said since the Federal Association Authority (FAA) of the USA imposed restriction on the landing of Biman flight......
	www.bangladeshdir.com /press/index10.html (1067 words)

	Biman modifies old DC-10s to keep them flying
		Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the national flag carrier, is modifying its old sky horse, DC-10, to meet a US ban and keep flying despite money crunch.
		Quoting unnamed Biman sources, the newspaper said that though Biman has overcome the schedules crisis that it faced recently, other problems such as funds crunch, shortage of aircraft, mismanagement, and corruption by a section of officials and employees are still eating into the very vitals of the state-owned carrier.
		The sources said Biman is not in a position to run its operation smoothly on different international and domestic routes at this moment.
	www.indiaenews.com /bangladesh/20061108/27983.htm (538 words)

	[Home Page\|News] Biman Bangladesh Airlines signs Participation Agreement with Amadeus, [Newsline\|News] Biman Bangladesh ...
		Biman is the national carrier for the People's Republic of Bangladesh.
		Since its inception in 1972, it has established itself as the leading airline for all domestic as well as international flights to and from Bangladesh.
		Figures reveal that Biman Bangladesh has 64 international departures a week from Bangladesh to 26 destinations worldwide.
	www.amadeus.com /Corpweb/NewsItem2.nsf/a41e02bca618bb1b41256752004d0a6e/6fd9b9dbb9b34e6cc1256a5a004b84c4?OpenDocument (527 words)

	Unheard Voices » Biman’s ill fate continues
		DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai airport was closed for at least eight hours on Monday after a Biman Bangladesh Airlines aircraft was involved in an accident while trying to take off, officials said.
		Biman, bailed out by a government loan last year, said in December it planned to lease four aircraft so it could reintroduce some routes it had to cut for lack of airworthy planes.
		The name of ‘Biman Bangladesh’ has been tarnished (of course they deserve it)to such extent that it probably won’t be feasible to get it back on a profit-making track.
	www.drishtipat.org /blog/2007/03/12/bimans-ill-fate-continues (963 words)

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