A five-working-day Aviation Security Supervisor Training conducted by the United Kingdom’s Department for Transport has concluded at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Bangladesh. The programme was organised on the initiative of the British High Commission in Bangladesh and managed overall by the Aviation Security division of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh. Aviation security supervisors and officials working at different airports in the country took part.

Trainers from the United Kingdom covered key aviation security issues, with emphasis on addressing changing security risks, improving supervisory capacity and ensuring effective security management. Air Commodore Md Asif Iqbal, CAAB member for security, attended Thursday’s closing ceremony as chief guest, while British High Commission counsellor Ryan Duncanson was a special guest.

Iqbal thanked the British High Commission and DfT for arranging the capacity-building course and stressed regular improvements in aviation security personnel’s knowledge, skills and preparedness. Duncanson highlighted Bangladesh-UK cooperation and expressed the British government’s interest in continuing support for Bangladesh’s aviation security through similar training. Certificates were distributed to participants at the closing ceremony.