16 more Bangladeshis return from India through Darshana check-point

Sixteen more Bangladeshis, who got stuck in India due to travel embargo, returned home through Darshana check-point in Chuadanga yesterday.
15 June 2021, 07:26 AM

20 more Bangladeshis return from India through Darshana check-point

Twenty more Bangladeshis, who got stuck in India due to travel embargo, returned home through Darshana check-point in Chuadanga yesterday.
14 June 2021, 04:45 AM

Pakistan bars travellers from Bangladesh, 25 other countries

Pakistan’s National Comm­and and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Saturday placed strict restrictions on travellers from Bangladesh and 25 other countries by placing them in C category.
13 June 2021, 06:40 AM

Saudi Arabia bars foreign travellers from Hajj over Covid-19

Saudi Arabia has restricted the annual Hajj pilgrimage to citizens and residents and set a maximum of 60,000 pilgrims limit in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the state Saudi Press Agency reported on Saturday.
12 June 2021, 11:00 AM

22 more Bangladeshis return from India through Darshana check-point

Twenty-two more Bangladeshis, who went to India for medical treatment and got stuck there due to travel embargo, returned home through Darshana check-point in Chuadanga yesterday evening.
12 June 2021, 07:29 AM

Jet fuel price goes up yet again; passengers to bear the brunt

Air travelers will have to pay more as Padma Oil Company Limited -- a subsidiary of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation -- increased jet fuel prices once again.
10 June 2021, 10:41 AM

US-Bangla Airlines to resume Dubai-Dhaka flights from June 18

US-Bangla Airlines will resume flights on the Dubai-Dhaka route from June 18.
9 June 2021, 11:59 AM

US-Bangla Airlines to resume flights on Muscat-Dhaka route from June 5

US-Bangla Airlines will resume flights on the Muscat-Dhaka route from June 5. During the ongoing Covid-19 restrictions, it will operate four weekly flights on the route, following all health guidelines.
3 June 2021, 08:46 AM

25,000 Bangladeshi workers can now return to Oman, Kuwait: CAAB

Uncertainty over the return of around 25,000 Bangladeshi expatriates to their workplaces in Oman and Kuwait is over as Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) has withdrawn restriction on the outgoing passengers to these countries.
2 June 2021, 10:41 AM

Australian court upholds ban on most international travel

An Australian court on Tuesday rejected a challenge to the federal government’s draconian power to prevent most citizens from leaving the country so that they don’t bring Covid-19 home.
1 June 2021, 07:13 AM

Philippines extends ban on travel from Bangladesh, 6 other countries

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday extended a ban on inbound travel from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates until June 15, to prevent transmission of the coronavirus variant first discovered in India that is circulating widely in that country and the region.
1 June 2021, 06:41 AM

US-Bangla and Novoair will resume flights to Cox’s Bazar from tomorrow

US-Bangla Airlines and Novoair will resume flights on Dhaka-Cox's Bazar route from tomorrow (June 1) after around two months following the second wave of Covid-19.
31 May 2021, 07:50 AM

Special flight reaches Dhaka with 61 Bangladeshis, foreigners

Sixty-one Bangladeshis and foreign nationals, including Thais, reached Dhaka from Thailand by a special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.
30 May 2021, 06:55 AM

Russia approves Air France, Lufthansa routes avoiding Belarus

Air France and Lufthansa have received approval from Russia for flight routes to the country that avoid Belarusian airspace, the airlines said on Saturday.
29 May 2021, 13:24 PM

US-Bangla increases flights on Dhaka-Sylhet route

US-Bangla Airlines has increased the number of flights on domestic routes due to the increase in the number of passengers. In the last two days, the private airline operator has added 6 flights to different destinations.
29 May 2021, 13:15 PM

Biman resumes flights to Saudi Arabia after 9 days

After nine days of suspension, Biman Bangladesh Airlines today resumed flights to Saudi Arabia in line with the new travel advisory issued by the Gulf country.
29 May 2021, 08:34 AM

Air travel will bounce back strongly by 2023: Iata

Global air travel will bounce back strongly by 2023 as countries roll out Covid-19 vaccines and learn to manage the pandemic, noted the International Air Transport Association (Iata).
27 May 2021, 17:10 PM

Around 1000 Bangladeshi expats fail to book hotels in Saudi Arabia, miss flights

Around 1,000 Saudi-bound Bangladeshi expatriates missed their flights in two days since yesterday as they failed to book hotels for quarantine stay in the Gulf country.
27 May 2021, 08:59 AM

Saudi airlines says it can't assist migrant returnees with hotel bookings

Sufferings of Saudi-bound Bangladeshi expatriate workers centering hotel booking for institutional quarantine reached its climax as Saudi Arabian Airlines announced that they won't be able to facilitate migrant workers from now on regarding hotel bookings.
26 May 2021, 15:33 PM

With Olympics looming, US advises against travel to Japan due to Covid-19

The US State Department on Monday urged against travel to Japan because of a new wave of coronavirus cases just two months before the Tokyo Olympics are set to begin.
25 May 2021, 02:40 AM