Dhaka, March 25 -- The national flag carrier resuming direct flight after nine years

Biman Bangladesh Airlines is set to resume its Dhaka-Rome-Dhaka direct flight from Tuesday night after nine years prompted by a large number of expatriate Bangladeshi community residing in Italy.

"We are all set to resume the flight. As per our market analysis, the Dhaka-Rome-Dhaka will be another popular one like our London (UK) Toronto (Canada) and Narita (Japan) routes," Biman's Managing Director and CEO Shafiul Azim said on Monday, reports BSS.

Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister M Faruk Khan will be present as the chief guest along with Italian Ambassador to Bangladesh Antonio Alessandro at the opening ceremony at 9:30 pm at Hazrat Shahjalal Inter...