Govt to find new operator if Japanese consortium refuses to run 3rd terminal | Top News

DHAKA, Sept 6, 2025 (BSS) - The government is prepared to seek other international operators to run Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport's (HSIA) newly built third terminal if the Japanese consortium declines to take up the responsibility, Civil Aviation and Tourism Adviser S K Bashir said today. "Our negotiations with the Japanese consortium have reached the final stage. We have clarified all issues that were previously unclear. We hope that within this week we will receive a reply from them. Now the ball is in their court... we are waiting," Bashir told newsmen at the Secretariat. "If Sumitomo does not agree, then we will definitely have to move to another operator. Why not? I work for Bangladesh-it could be Japan or...