Dhaka, Oct. 28 -- The Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism has suspended scheduled international flights at Cox's Bazar Airport in line with a government decision.

According to a press release issued by the ministry on Tuesday, the directive was made through an official letter signed by the ministry's Civil Aviation-1 Wing on Monday.

The statement read, "The letter also requested that Cox's Bazar Airport not be used for non-scheduled international flights or emergency landings until the resumption of international flight operations."

The ministry instructed the concerned authorities to take necessary measures to implement the directive properly.

The decision to suspend operations came only 12 days after Cox's Bazar Airport received ...