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.