Prime Minister Holds Meeting on Dhaka Airport’s Third Terminal
ATT Correspondent 
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Sunday chaired a high-level review meeting on the long-delayed Third Terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, aiming to expedite its full launch.
The meeting began at noon in the Cabinet Conference Room at the Secretariat. Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Afroza Khanam, State Minister M Rashiduzzaman Millat, and Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) Chairman Air Vice Marshal Mostofa Mahmud Siddique were, among others, present at the meeting.
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A CAAB official who attended the meeting said the discussions were expected to focus on the overall progress of the Third Terminal and ways to make it operational as soon as possible.
The project was initiated in 2017 under the then Awami League government, with construction formally beginning on 28 December 2019.
The estimated cost of the project stands at approximately Tk 21,398 crore. The terminal was partially inaugurated on 7 October 2023 by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. At the time, CAAB had announced that full operations would begin in 2024. However, the deadline was not met.
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Despite repeated efforts by the interim government, the terminal has yet to become fully operational.
Officials have cited unresolved decisions regarding ground handling and operational management, along with certain technical shortcomings inside the terminal building, as the key reasons behind the delay.
