<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The flight operations at Sylhet MAG Osmani International Airport continued on Thursday after six days.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>A London-bound Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight left the airport at 9:45am, confirmed airport’s Assistant Director Nazrul Islam.</div><div><br></div><div>Flight operation at the airport was suspended on June 17 due to the deteriorating flood situation in the region.</div><div><br></div><div>Though the floodwater receded from the airport on Sunday, flights operation could not be resumed as approach lights were still inundated.</div><div><br></div><div>The flood situation in the Sylhet division has broken all previous records in Bangladesh, including the disastrous flood of 1998.</div><div><br></div><div>Experts say that the situation has occurred due to the extremely heavy rainfall in India's Meghalaya-Cherrapunji‎, which has surpassed all records of the past.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>