Biman spreads wings to Narita
Biman Bangladesh Airlines resumed its direct Dhaka-Narita-Dhaka flight tonight while Bangladesh and Japan recently uplifted its bilateral ties to "strategic partnership" for boosting trade and security cooperation as well as increase people to people contacts.
The inaugural flight BG 0376 took off from Dhaka Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11.45pm (local time) and is scheduled to reach Narita International Airport in Japan on September 2 at 9.15 am (local time).
State minister for civil aviation and tourism M Mahbub Ali inaugurated the inaugural flight of the national flag carrier as the chief guest while Japan ambassador in Bangladesh Iwama Kiminori was present.