Bangladesh to buy 8 Boeing planes for $1.265 bln

DHAKA, March 15 (Reuters) - Biman Bangladesh Airlines signed a deal on Saturday to buy eight aircraft from Boeing Co (BA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) worth $1.265 billion, a company official said.

"Senior officials of Biman and Boeing authorities have signed the deal at Biman's headquarters in Dhaka today" Mahbub Jamil, Chairman of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited, told reporters.

Boeing had offered to supply eight planes -- four Boeing 777-300 and four Boeing 787-8 by 2013 and 2017 respectively -- to the Bangladesh national carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited.

Biman will fund the purchase from its own resources and through bank loans, another official said.

(Reporting by Nizam Ahmed)