Saudi airport

Saudi airport

Passengers with luggage wait outside Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka after flights were cancelled following the closure of King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 11 October 2026. Photo: Rajib Dhar/File

Saudi airport restrictions: 22,231 passengers affected as 146 flights disrupted

The latest figures show 69 affected direct flights and 77 transit flights, while Biman has extended the suspension of Dhaka-Dammam and Dhaka-Riyadh services until 4 November.

Family members break into tears beside the coffin of Shahed Ahmed Ashik, 32, before his burial in the family graveyard in Bogura’s Shajahanpur upazila on 23 October 2026. Photo: Courtesy

Riyadh airport attack victim buried beside grandfather in Bogura

Representational image. Photo: Collected

Biman resumes Dammam flights, schedules Riyadh service for 26 Oct

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Nation waiting for home minister's resignation: Nahid

Passengers with luggage wait outside Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka after flights were cancelled following the closure of King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 11 October 2026. Photo: Rajib Dhar/File

Saudi airport restrictions: 19,377 passengers affected as 126 flights disrupted so far

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman. File Photo: Collected

Saudi flight cancellations: Shafiqur urges govt to protect expatriate workers' jobs, visas

Embassy of Bangladesh in Saudi Arabia. Photo: Collected

Bangladesh embassy warns expats against sharing crisis-related videos in Saudi Arabia