Tokyo, Oct. 29 -- The technical glitch at the Biman Bangladesh Airlines aircraft that delayed Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's flight to Dhaka from Tokyo was fixed on Thursday night, and the flight is expected to leave Narita International Airport shortly.

Captain Md Imamul Islam announced around 9:50pm local time that the problem was resolved and that passengers would start boarding the aircraft again soon.

The Biman flight was scheduled to leave Tokyo at 6pm local time.

The aircraft left its terminal around 6:18pm and moved to the runway for takeoff.

However, it stopped before taking off, and about 15 minutes later, the captain announced that the flight could not proceed due to a technical problem.

He said two engineers were working...