In a notice issued Friday afternoon, airport authorities said nine flights were diverted as a safety precaution due to the heavy fog, News.Az reports, citing foreign media.
Air traffic at the airport was suspended for several hours before flight operations resumed at around 2:00 p.m. local time.
The dense fog was accompanied by icy winds, worsening the effects of a severe cold wave that has been impacting Dhaka and other parts of the country.
Omar Faruque, a meteorologist with the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, told Xinhua that the lowest temperature recorded in the country on Friday was 8.0 degrees Celsius in the Jashore district, located about 164 kilometers from Dhaka.
