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Biman new MD hopes to serve travelling needs

Mr. Kyle Haywood, the new CEO & Managing Director of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, sits with United World to discuss the company’s strategies for expansion, as well as the growth of the flag carrier, and advice to those looking to invest in Bangladesh. You have been here a little over 6 weeks now, and you really hit the ground running. Biman represents a challenge, as well as a tremendous opportunity, with the air transport sector experiencing kyle-haywoodaround 8% annual growth. Where do you see Biman fitting into the future of Bang...

Year 2016: The ‘Year of Tourism’

With the development of tourism hotspots, new luxury hotels being built and improved air connectivity, ‘Beautiful Bangladesh’ looks set to project itself onto the international tourist map While the exoticism of India has long made it a Mecca for Western travellers keen to experience its sights, sounds and culinary delights, its smaller neighbor to the east has been largely overlooked. But a Bangladesh-Tourismnew impetus to attract foreign visitors and develop tourist hotpots could help Bangladesh, which can more than match...

Hotel bookings soar 60pc before Boishakh festival

Tour operators and hoteliers are expecting a boom in their business on the occasion of Pahela Boishakh, the first day of the Bangla New Year. The sector players are taking preparations to welcome local and international tourists during Pahela Boishakh, reports the Financial Express. Five-Star-hotelThe tour operators as well as hotel and motel businesses have already taken massive preparations as a large number of tourists are expected to visit Cox’s Bazar, St Martin’s Island, Sundarban, Kuakata, Srimongol, Mainamati, Bandarban...

Govt mulls subsidy to popularise LPG

The Energy Ministry has been studying different possible options to provide subsidy to the LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) sector to popularise it and make it more accessible to the people living in the areas having no pipeline-gas network. According to official sources, the new move came against the backdrop of the government’s plans to limit the use of pipelined gas by replacing it with any other alternative. LNGThe idea has captured policymakers’ minds following the recent hearing of the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) on the state-ow...

Tripura, Meghalaya want to sell power to Bangladesh

Two Northeastern states, Tripura and Meghalaya are looking at neighbouring Bangladesh to export excess power produced in the two states, and have sought the Centre’s support to make this proposition a reality. bd-indiaPresenting Tripura’s case, state power minister Manik Dey said at the two-day power ministers’ conference that began on Thursday that since Bangladesh was interested in purchasing 100 MW of power from the 726.6 MW Palatana power project, it was now up to New Delhi to approve it. “The government may kindly allow Tripura State Electricity ...

Biman negotiating Dubai authorities to deter gold smuggling

At a press briefing at Biman headquarters, the newly appointed managing director and CEO Kyle Haywood said that they are negotiating with Dubai authorities to increase security at their airports in order to deter people from smuggling gold. biman“We’re doing whatever we can,” said Haywood, who has been in the airline industry for the last 25 years, serving with different international airlines like British Airways, Etihad Airways, and low-cost carrier Air Arabia. Gold smuggling in Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport has been rising for the past couple o...
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