Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB)

Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB)

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Govt to split CAAB into separate regulator and operator 

An audit conducted by ICAO highlighted the need to separate CAAB’s regulatory and operational responsibilities 

The trolley operators are not responsible for crowds; they are responsible for redistributing trolleys from Chattogram. Photo: TBS

The trolley problem: How Bangladesh's airport chaos perfectly mirrors its governance

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Amid long record of airport safety lapses, fresh calls grow for urgent reforms

TBS file photo of HSIA cargo village fire on 18 October 2025. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS

Airport fire exposes accountability gap with regulator acting as operator

CAAB clarifies baggage theft claims of out-pass returnees from Saudi

CAAB clarifies baggage theft claims of out-pass returnees from Saudi

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Travel agencies must display fares on tickets or face legal action: Adviser Bashir

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CAAB issues special alert at all airports amid security concerns

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Airport fire safety management under question

Fire fighters on 19 October morning working at the Dhaka airport fire site. Photo: Rajib Dhar/ TBS

Business leaders question CAAB role over Dhaka airport fire, warn of 'image crisis'

Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) Photo: UNB.

Hazrat shahjalal and Osmani International Airport earn top marks in UK aviation security assessment

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Excessive airport surcharge buries airlines under debt

Cox’s Bazar airport. Photo: TBS

Cox’s Bazar airport going international without the airlines

Air Vice Marshal M Mostafa Mahmood Siddiqi, chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh, talks to reporters in Cox's Bazar on 17 August 2025. Photo: TBS

Int'l flights from Cox's Bazar Airport to start partially by mid-October: CAAB chairman