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With demand for goods falling drastically in international markets, air cargo flows from Bangladesh have fallen almost 75% year on year.

This month only about 250 tonnes of cargo was airlifted each day, compared with 900 to 1,000 tonnes a day in October last year, according to freight forwarders.

Freighter flights from Dhaka have decreased to just one or two a week, compared with two to three every day last year.

Nasir Ahmed Khan, director of the Bangladesh Freight Forwarders Association, said most cargo is being carried ...

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