Dhaka, April 12 -- The government is now under heavy fire for shutting down air services to and from Bangladesh. The decision has been termed as "injudicious" by many and demanded its immediate withdrawal for the greater interest of the country.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) from April 14 is going to suspend scheduled international passenger flights to and from Bangladesh till April 20, apart from special or chartered flights.

The local aviation industry as well as airline service seekers have strongly criticized the CAAB decision and described it as highly injudicious. They think that this unnecessary total ban has no parallel in the world and going to harm the interest of the country.

Since the government only suspe...