Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- Civil Aviation and Tourism Adviser Sheikh Bashiruddin has expressed deep concern over what he described as pervasive "criminality" that has long afflicted the aviation industry.

"When I took on this responsibility in Civil Aviation, and I observed the level of criminality around it, Which made me very, very sad. I know many people do not like the changes I am trying to bring, but spreading unnecessary criticism will not achieve any purpose," he said adding that he is ready to cross any hurdle to restore fairness in Bangladesh's aviation sector.

The adviser was speaking at the launching ceremony of flyadeal, a new Saudi Arabian low-cost carrier commencing operations on the Dhaka-Jeddah route at a city hotel on Tuesday, re...