Marriage should not be a ban on travelling with friends
27 September 2026
•
Travel
A visitor’s guide to exploring Old Dhaka’s Armenian heritage
27 September 2026
•
Travel
Solo travel can teach you more than any group trip ever
26 September 2026
•
Travel
‘Congratulations to Boeing and Biman’: US ambassador on 11-aircraft deal
23 September 2026
•
Travel
7 places that show you the best of Sri Lanka
17 September 2026
•
Travel
Travel / Visiting Falkland Islands: Where Penguins Roam Free
13 September 2026
•
Lifestyle
A day trip from Dhaka: 5 places to discover in Munshiganj
5 September 2026
•
Travel
A guide to post-travel recovery: Coming home after the adventure
3 September 2026
•
Travel
Bangladesh to Antarctica: Planning the journey to the end of the world
31 August 2026
•
Travel
Budget-friendly getaways your parents will love
13 August 2026
•
Travel
Destination Swarupkathi
Our destination was Swarupkathi Upazila, in Pirojpur district of South-western Bangladesh. A lingering myth in this region is that the second son of Shah Shuja,
21 February 2022
4,000 tourists stranded on St Martin's island
Around 4,000 tourists are stranded on St Martin’s island following the suspension of passenger vessel movement between the island and Cox's Bazar district due to rough weather.
21 February 2022
Australia fully reopens int'l borders after 2 years
Australia on Monday fully reopened its international borders to travellers vaccinated against the coronavirus after nearly two years of pandemic-related closings as tourists returned and hundreds of people were reunited with family and friends.
21 February 2022
Flights between India's Tripura and Dhaka, Ctg set to begin in a few months
Flights between Dhaka, Chattogram and Agartala, capital city of the northeastern Indian state of Tripura, are expected to begin in a few months.
20 February 2022
Australia to welcome int'l tourists from tomorrow
Australia will welcome international tourists on Monday after nearly two years of sealing its borders, relying on high COVID-19 vaccination rates to live with the pandemic as infections decline.
20 February 2022
Japan to ease strict border measures with shortened quarantine period
Japan is set to announce on Thursday that it will ease border controls put in place to counter the spread of the coronavirus, measures that are the strictest among wealthy nations and have been slammed by business leaders and educators.
17 February 2022
Hong Kong suspends Singapore Airlines flights for 2 weeks after passengers test Covid positive
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has been banned from flying passengers to Hong Kong for two weeks, after Covid-19 cases were detected among some of its passengers.
16 February 2022
Snake on a plane: AirAsia flight rerouted in Malaysia
An AirAsia passenger plane was forced to divert and make an unscheduled landing after a snake was spotted slithering through the overhead lights, the Malaysian budget carrier confirmed Monday.
15 February 2022
Quarantine-free entry in India for vaccinated passengers from Feb 14
India today allowed “quarantine-free” entry to fully-vaccinated passengers from 82 countries, including Bangladesh and Nepal, in a major move to ease curbs on inbound international travellers in the face of a declining number of Covid-19 cases powered by the Omicron variant.
10 February 2022
Jet fuel price rises again; airlines industry to face severe blow
The airline industry is expected to face a severe blow and lose their competitiveness globally due to the fresh increase of jet fuel price, sources said.
9 February 2022
Quarantine-free entry from March 1, Malaysia's Covid panel recommends
Malaysia's coronavirus recovery council on Tuesday said it has recommended a full reopening of borders as early as March 1 without mandatory quarantine for travellers, as part of plans to accelerate economic recovery.
8 February 2022
Bay One: the first luxury liner on Chattogram-St Martin’s route
On the road by the river, over a bridge right before the approach to the BIWTA jetty no 15, the glimmering lights around the typical silhouette of a ship comes into view.
7 February 2022
Jakarta bans foreign tourist arrival as Covid-19 spikes
Indonesia has temporarily banned foreign tourists entering the country through Jakarta's airport, the transport ministry said, in a bid to slow a spike in coronavirus infections driven by the Omicron variant.
7 February 2022
Australia will reopen borders to tourists from Feb 21, says its PM
Australia will reopen its borders to tourists from February 21, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Monday, ending some of the world's strictest and longest-running pandemic travel restrictions.
7 February 2022
1st int'l tourist flight to arrive in Bali after 2 years
Indonesia's holiday island of Bali will welcome its first direct flight carrying foreign tourists for nearly two years on Thursday, but just a handful of visitors will be on board to enter strict quarantine on arrival.
3 February 2022
New Zealand will ease strict border restrictions this month, may fully reopen in Oct
New Zealand will start easing some of the world's toughest pandemic border restrictions this month but will not fully reopen until October, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Thursday.
3 February 2022
Risky landings at Barishal airport as runway in dire state
A high level investigation team of the Ministry of Civil Aviation found that the runway at Barishal airport has become risky for landing of planes as it is in dire need of repair works and may cause accidents anytime.
1 February 2022
Air India's urgent makeover to target millennials after Tata takeover
An upgrade in in-flight services, including better food and handling of passengers, smartly-groomed cabin crew, and punctuality are on top of the agenda of privatized national carrier Air India’s new journey under the Tata Group as it plans to focus on attracting millennials who comprise a major chunk of fliers today.
28 January 2022
Airbus wants to start own airlines to rent out whale plane
Airbus (AIR.PA) plans to charter out its whale-shaped Beluga transport planes -whose main job until now has been to ferry aircraft parts between its plants in Europe - to help other industries haul urgently-needed outsized machinery by air.
26 January 2022
US-Bangla to operate flights to UAE’s Sharjah from Jan 30
US-Bangla Airlines is going to operate flights to Sharjah, UAE -- one of the most popular destinations in the Middle East -- from January 30.
26 January 2022