Australia to recognise India’s Covaxin for ensuring status of incoming travellers

Australia today said it would recognise India’s indigenous Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin, for establishing the vaccination status of a person travelling to the country.
1 November 2021, 07:49 AM

Thailand reopens to vaccinated tourists from over 60 countries

Hundreds of vaccinated foreign tourists are scheduled to arrive in Bangkok on Monday, the first wave of visitors to Thailand in 18 months who will not have to undergo quarantine for the coronavirus.
1 November 2021, 07:14 AM

Australia set for international border reopening for vaccinated public

Quarantine-free travel from New Zealand to Australia will resume from Monday, Australia's tourism minister said on Sunday, as the country readies itself for a partial reopening of its international borders for the first time since March 2020. 
31 October 2021, 04:49 AM

Singapore lifting travel restrictions on Bangladeshis from Oct 27

Travellers who have visited Bangladesh and five other countries that Singapore was previously closed off to will be allowed to enter from Wednesday (October 27), as the nation continues to adjust border measures in response to the global Covid-19 situation.
23 October 2021, 10:25 AM

Thailand to lift quarantine for travellers from 46 countries

Thailand will allow visitors from 46 countries vaccinated against COVID-19 to forgo quarantine from next month, up from 10 previously announced, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Thursday.
21 October 2021, 18:13 PM

Airports now running at full capacity in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) on Sunday said it has started operating airports at full capacity.
17 October 2021, 14:33 PM

As Covid travel curbs ease, Asian airlines ramp up flights, offers

Asia-Pacific airlines have lost billions of dollars this year, with jets grounded in Covid-19 transportation freezes. Now, as some of the world's strictest pandemic-related travel rules begin to ease, they're ramping up flights and ticket offers.
13 October 2021, 11:05 AM

US to reopen land borders with Canada, Mexico to vaccinated travellers in Nov

The US will reopen its land borders to nonessential travel next month, ending a 19-month freeze due to the COVID-19 pandemic as the country moves to require all international visitors to be vaccinated against the coronavirus.
13 October 2021, 04:33 AM

Bangladesh passport holders can travel to 40 destinations without prior visa

Bangladesh’s passport weakens further, with its position down by seven notches in the latest edition of the Henley Passport Index, the pioneer ranking of world’s travel documents.
11 October 2021, 10:17 AM

Najmun’s historic journey takes Bangladeshi flag to 150 countries

Before the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s Victory Day, Najmun Nahar -- a Bangladeshi globetrotter -- wanted to reach her personal milestone of visiting 150 countries.
7 October 2021, 09:49 AM

Local tourism in times of pandemic

The constant rise in cases and periodic lockdowns brought a kind of hiatus on Bangladesh’s tourism for more than a year. Fortunately, for the last two months or so, things started looking relatively better as number of cases started reducing and mass vaccination was underway.
3 October 2021, 11:59 AM

How close are we to commercial space travel?

With ambitious figures like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos more determined than ever to make human beings a multi-planet species, space is coming closer and closer to earth.
26 September 2021, 11:43 AM

Thailand considering 7-day quarantine for vaccinated travelers

Thailand's disease control committee has proposed a halving of a two-week hotel isolation requirement for vaccinated arrivals, amid delays in plans to waive quarantine and reopen Bangkok and tourist destinations from next month.
23 September 2021, 11:14 AM

Tougher airport slot rules could trigger aviation trade war between EU, Asia

Regulators in Asian hubs like Singapore and Hong Kong have threatened to retaliate against European Union plans to force airlines to start using take-off and landing slots frozen during the coronavirus pandemic, a move that could oblige Europe's carriers to fly empty seats for thousands of miles at a loss.
17 September 2021, 13:48 PM

Paris hotels, tourism see boost courtesy of Messi

For Paris photographer Olivier Sanchez, there is only one story in town: the new life of Lionel Messi.
15 September 2021, 10:59 AM

Air Astra, newest Bangladeshi airline, set to take the skies in Jan 2022

Air Astra, a new private air operator, is set to spread its wings from January next year.
5 September 2021, 12:58 PM

India-Bangladesh flights to resume from September 4: Caab

Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (Caab) tonight accepted the proposal of India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation to resumeair bubble flights between the two countries from September 4.
2 September 2021, 17:48 PM

Ocean Bliss

I had not realised how therapeutic the ocean could be until I stood on its soft-wet sand. Atlantic waves broke at my feet and washed away the lockdown fatigue that had been harbouring inside of me.
23 August 2021, 18:00 PM

Resumption of flights with India: Airlines given no directives yet

Despite the foreign minister saying that flight operations with India will resume from August 20, Biman Bangladesh Airlines, US-Bangla and Novoair officials said they are yet to get any directives from Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (Caab) about the resumption.
19 August 2021, 15:01 PM

Tourism, hospitality sectors hopeful as hotels, recreation venues reopen today

People involved with tour operations and hospitality sectors have expressed a sigh of relief as tourist resorts, hotels, motels and amusement parks are reopening today.
19 August 2021, 10:38 AM