Dhaka, Jan. 1 -- owned airline Biman Bangladesh Airlines posted a net profit of Tk 785.21 crore in fiscal 2024-25, nearly tripling earnings from a year earlier, as higher passenger traffic and tighter cost controls lifted the carrier's financial performance, officials said.

The state-owned airline also achieved an operational profit of Tk 1,602 crore during the same period, while its total revenue stood at Tk 11,559 crore - up 9.46 percent year-on-year - the highest in the airline's history.

With this, Biman continued its profit streak for the fifth straight year and posted net profits in nine of the last ten fiscal years, according to a media release signed by Boshra Islam, general manager (public relations) of Biman, on Thursday.

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