Another Eid is nearing, and Dhaka dwellers are planning to leave the city and head home for the holiday. The country is celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr with a nine-day holiday – giving people the perfect opportunity to spend time with their near and dear ones outside the capital, at home, or at tourist destinations. People in Dhaka can move around with relative ease; however, holiday-makers are expected to face a difficult situation.

Registered intending pilgrims aged over 65 will not be allowed to perform Hajj this year, said State Minister for Religious Affairs, Md Faridul Haque Khan, today.

Holidaymakers are set to visit Cox's Bazar – the most popular tourist destination in Bangladesh – in droves during the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday, and 50 percent hotels and motels in the beach town were booked 10 days before the biggest religious festival.

The sale of advance train tickets ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr began at five railway stations in Dhaka today (April 23, 2022).

Thailand's Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said today that international travellers will no longer be required to take a PCR test on arrival.

Passengers coming to Bangladesh will have to fill up the health declaration form online within three days of their departure, said Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh it its latest circular last night (April 20, 2022).

You must have been taken aback by the title. However, for the past 12 years, iftar has been served at this US church every Ramadan.

India will very soon introduce a new visa category for foreign nationals wanting to visit the country for traditional medical treatment like Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha, PM Narendra Modi announced today.

Indian private airline IndiGo started operating its first flight on Dhaka-Hyderabad route from today.

Thailand's government is considering scrapping the Test & Go entry scheme and Thailand Pass registration next week to attract more visitors and boost the tourism industry.

Bangladeshi travelers with valid Indian visas started using the Hili land port this morning (April 14, 2022) after nearly two years of restrictions due to Covid-19 pandemic.

The two Boeing aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines that were grounded after those hit each other at the hanger of Dhaka airport on Sunday (April 10, 2022) came into operation today.

In response to the huge surge in the demand for Indian visas during the holy month of Ramadan, the Indian High Commission has taken additional steps to facilitate visa applicants.

Jet fuel price has shot up again from last week – for the 13th hike in 17 months – causing severe blow to the already struggling Bangladeshi aviation industry.

Tour operators of Bangladesh have put forward a proposal to introduce a direct bus service between Agartala, capital city of Indian state of Tripura, and Chattogram via Dhaka, Tripura’s Tourism Minister Pranajit Singha Roy said today.

In a sigh of relief, the runway at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport will be kept open for operating flights for 24 hours from next month instead of June.

A Dubai-bound flight of Bangladesh Biman Airlines was forced to reschedule on Sunday after the nose of a Boeing aircraft hit the tail of another at the hangar at Dhaka Airport, Biman Managing Director and CEO Dr Abu Saleh Mostafa Kamal said today.

Construction of the third terminal at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka is 1.9 percent ahead of expectations. The third terminal is likely to be inaugurated by October, 2023, State Minister for Civil Aviation, M Mahbub Ali, said today.

After more than two years of closure due to Covid-19, the governments of Bangladesh and Inda have lifted the ban on travelling through immigration check-posts at the Banglabandha-Phulbari land ports -- with tourist visas. 

Since the requirement for pre-flight RT-PCR test to detect Covid-19 was lifted, the number of international arrivals at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport has increased significantly.