News / Relief as Bangladesh air cargo handling monopoly looks set to end

Md Shaifuzzaman Ayon

Bangladesh is preparing to allow private and foreign investment in air cargo handling, breaking the monopoly of state-owned Biman Bangladesh Airlines.

The policy, drafted recently, aims to enable competitive tariffs for air cargo handling for the exporters and importers fed up with the “poor” service offered by the state handler.

Officials said the issue of private and foreign investment in Bangladesh handling has long been discussed, but the recent situation at Dhaka, following constant scanner failure, which led to severe logjams of ...