Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) will be deployed on Paturia-Daulatdia and Shimulia- Banglabazar routes in Manikganj and Munshiganj from tomorrow morning to control the rush of holidaymakers risking Covid-19 infections.

The government has decided to extend the closure of border with India for 14 more days as the Covid-19 situation continues to worsen in India.

Speakers, including aviation experts and top officials of the country’s three airlines, today said the second wave of Covid-19 has hit the aviation sector at a time when it was trying to turn around, braving the losses caused by the first wave of the virus last year.

Three ferries today left the Paturia Ferry Terminal for Daulatdia Terminal amid pressure from a huge numbers of passengers.

Police in Sirajganj apprehended about 200 long-distance buses, carrying passengers from Dhaka to different districts of north Bengal, in violation of the ban on inter-district public transport.

The government has decided to resume public transport services within districts from tomorrow, on condition of maintaining proper Covid-19 health safety guidelines.

Italy has banned passengers from Bangladesh and India amid a worsening coronavirus situation.

With effect from April 29 and until May 5, the airlines of Bangladesh, Bahrain, China, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Singapore, Qatar and UAE -- those already approved to operate flights under special considerations since April 17 -- shall continue their operation to and from Dhaka, the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh said in a release.

Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK Saida Muna Tasneem has briefed UK's all-party parliamentary group (APPG) about the inconvenience caused by UK’s travel ban that has put Bangladesh among those nations on its "red list."

After Biman Bangladesh and Fly Dubai, US-Bangla Airlines also cancelled its special flight scheduled for today.

South Korea has imposed a visa ban on Bangladeshi citizens, effective from today, due to the rising number of passengers detected with Covid-19 going to the country from Bangladesh.

European Union countries formally agreed on Wednesday to launch COVID travel passes as a step towards reopening to tourism this summer and will negotiate details with the bloc’s lawmakers in May, two diplomatic sources said.

The government has decided to start special flights to Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar, and Singapore to ensure that migrant workers can reach their destinations, even though international flights have been suspended due to the "strict lockdown" that went into effect from today across the country.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has rescheduled three flights bound for Kuala Lumpur and Riyadh due to a weeklong ban on regular passenger flights to and from Bangladesh beginning from April 14 amid the increasing number of Covid-19 cases in the country.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines have decided to reschedule the flights on April 5, 9, 14 and 19 on the Dhaka-Doha route and operate those flights on April 7, 12, 16 and 21.

A total of 272 Bangladeshi migrant workers were repatriated from Lebanon today amid a ban on arrivals from the middle-eastern country due to the rapid surge in Coronavirus infections.

Two passenger and two cargo flights could not land at the Dhaka Airport due to the nor’wester that hit the capital today.

Thailand may scrap its two-week mandatory quarantine for foreign visitors with proof of Covid-19 vaccination as the Southeast Asian nation seeks to revive its pandemic-hit tourism industry, according to an article published on Bloomberg.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines got a new managing director and CEO as the government today appointed Dr Abu Saleh Mostafa Kamal in the post.