Dhaka, March 11 -- The Bangabandhu International Airport will be constructed near the capital instead of the previously fixed location in Madaripur-Shariatpur region.

Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry Secretary Mohibul Haque on Sunday disclosed this information to UNB saying that the government has scrapped the project of building the airport at the previously proposed location between Shariatpur and Madaripur due to densely packed households there.

"The Japanese consulting farm Nippon Koei Company Limited suggested the government not build it at the proposed location as more than 8000 families have been living in and around the site area," said the secretary.

The government high official also said that they have rejected the earlier...