Dhaka airport passengers suffer for workers’ demo

Kabir Humayun
Hundreds of passengers at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka suffered much as a section of workers of Biman Bangladesh Airlines has refrained from work since yesterday morning demanding regularisation of their jobs.
Group Captain Abdullah Farooq, director of the airport said the inbound and outbound passengers suffered due to the interruption of ground handling operations following the work abstention programme of the casual workers of Biman, reports The Daily Star.
Members of Ansar, Armed Police Battalion (APBn) and Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) were asked to conduct the ground handling operation as the Biman workers were observing work abstention, he also said.
The loading and unloading operations were being hampered due to the workers’ demo, he said, adding Biman is responsible for ground handling operations at the airport.
However, the regular schedule of the airport has not been hampered.
On an average, 200 domestic and international flights take off and land at the airport.
The casual workers of the national flag carrier have been demonstrating for long demanding regularisation of their jobs.