Bangladesh Tourism

3 global travel vloggers reveal their stories

They have bragworthy numbers of subscribers and followers; they have those staggering numbers of likes and views — now, for their insights…
25 September 2023, 18:00 PM

The Bangladesh experience: 3 global travel vloggers reveal their stories

Several foreign travel vloggers have visited our country, entertaining Bangladeshis and the rest of the world with their videos on our food, culture, sights and sounds, and people. Their vlogs never fail to create a buzz on YouTube and social media.
24 September 2023, 10:59 AM

To develop tourism, give it a separate ministry

We need a shift away from how we currently view tourism.
6 September 2023, 05:30 AM

Calls of the Kanchenjunga

The majestic Kanchenjunga, the world’s third highest mountain.
12 November 2022, 02:30 AM

Red tape, poor infrastructure, holding back tourism in Bangladesh

Permissions from at least 17 different ministries and departments of the government were needed for a cruise ship to be able to travel to Bangladesh from Sri Lanka in 2017.
27 September 2022, 02:30 AM

Luxury hotels recovering thanks to local guests

Luxury hotel businesses in Bangladesh are on the path of recovery to pre-pandemic levels, with local customers playing a vital role in renting rooms, holding a large number of events and seeking food made by their restaurants. 
18 July 2022, 02:15 AM

Wild Saingpra the majestic waterfall

It felt so peaceful! It was too early even for the roosters to break the tranquility of Khemchong Para, an indigenous neighbourhood in Ali Kadam, Bandarban.
10 June 2022, 18:00 PM

Most Kuakata hotels booked for Eid

Tourism business in Kuakata is expected to be booming during this Eid holiday as the most of the rooms in 130 residential hotels and motels have been booked already.
30 April 2022, 11:04 AM

Kanchenjunga drawing tourists to Tetulia

Tourists from across the country are now flocking to Tetulia upazila in Panchagarh district in hopes of catching a glimpse of the peak of Kanchenjunga, the world’s third highest mountain.
21 October 2021, 18:00 PM

Coronavirus to affect Bangladesh’s tourism

Coronavirus outbreak in China, which has spread to two dozen countries, will negatively affect Bangladesh’s tourism and aviation sectors, a senior government official said yesterday.
12 February 2020, 18:00 PM

JS body for merging cultural and tourism ministries

A parliamentary body recommends that the government for merging cultural and tourism ministries into a single one for flourishing of country’s tourism sector.
25 September 2019, 15:20 PM

Mermaid Beach Resort charms foreign journalists

Bangladesh Tourism Board had invited 26 foreign journalists and tour operators from 10 countries to visit some of Bangladesh’s most at-tractive tourist destinations.
29 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Sundarbans: 3-month ban on tourists proposed

Forest department officials have requested the authorities concerned to ban tourists in the Sundarbans between June and August from next year as the months are the wild animals' breeding season.
27 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Tourism sector suffers loss due to recent landslides: JS

Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon yesterday told parliament that tourism sector has incurred a loss of Tk 40 to 45 crore due to the recent landslides in Chittagong Hill Tracts.
9 July 2017, 18:00 PM

Tourism sector incurs loss of Tk 40 to 45 crore for landslides: Menon

Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon tells parliament that tourism sector has incurred a loss of Tk 40 to 45 crore due to the recent landslide in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
9 July 2017, 14:05 PM

Tourist destination: 4 waterfalls of Mirsharai

Even two years ago the Napittyachora village in Mirsharai upazila of Chittagong was rarely visited by outsiders. But now, several hundred tourists pay their visit on a daily basis.
27 June 2017, 06:43 AM

PM announces 2016 as tourism year

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina declares 2016 as the year of tourism.
27 October 2015, 06:58 AM