News / Repair cargo scanners at congested Dhaka Airport, urge garment exporters

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Amid severe traffic chaos at Dhaka Airport, apparel makers, the main user of air cargo services in Bangladesh, have called on the government to act to improve export service quality.

Last week, a delegation from the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association met civil aviation minister Mahbub Ali and urged him to increase the number of explosive detection scanners (EDSs) at the cargo village to speed up export cargo scanning.

They claimed mismanagement and slow scanning had seriously hampered garment exports, leading to delays and ...