KARACHI: Bangladesh High Commissioner to Pakistan, Iqbal Hussain Khan, has confirmed that Biman Bangladesh Airlines is preparing to operate three weekly flights to Karachi.
He made the announcement during his address at the Foreign Services Academy.
The academy recently launched a lecture series featuring foreign envoys, providing young Pakistani diplomats in training an opportunity to engage directly with ambassadors on diplomatic and regional affairs.
“Yes, we are starting direct flights with Pakistan. Our national airline will operate three weekly flights to Karachi,” the High Commissioner stated when asked about the development.
On the other hand, an earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale jolted Dhaka and adjoining areas at 6:14 am today.
Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) said the epicentre of the tremor was located in Shibpur of Narsingdi district, 38 kilometres off the capital.
European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported that the quake originated 33 kilometres east-northeast of Tongi in Gazipur and three kilometres north of Narsingdi, with a depth of 30 kilometres below the earth’s surface.
Earlier, on December 01 at 12:55 am, a 4.9-magnitude earthquake with epicentre in Minjin, Myanmar hit Bangladesh, shaking southeastern Port city Chattogram and different parts of the country.
Prior to that, on November 27 at 4:15:20 pm, a 3.6-magnitude earthquake shook Dhaka. BMD said the epicentre was located at Ghorashal in Palash upazila of Narsingdi. Earlier that dawn, two separate tremors were felt in Sylhet and Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar.
