Passengers will have to wait for a year and a half to use the third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal ... At present, the Dhaka airport can handle eight million passengers and 500,000 tonnes of cargo ...

Already facing a year-long delay, the government aims to make Dhaka airport's new third terminal operational by year-end.

The customs authorities have identified a number of operational bottlenecks at the much-anticipated third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), widely known as Dhaka airport.

“We coughed up ₹34,200 for the flight tickets. But we just learned from the airline ticketing agent that no flights will go to Dhaka today,” Rafi said in front of the airport’s terminal building on ...