Marriage should not be a ban on travelling with friends
27 September 2026
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A visitor’s guide to exploring Old Dhaka’s Armenian heritage
27 September 2026
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Solo travel can teach you more than any group trip ever
26 September 2026
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‘Congratulations to Boeing and Biman’: US ambassador on 11-aircraft deal
23 September 2026
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7 places that show you the best of Sri Lanka
17 September 2026
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Travel / Visiting Falkland Islands: Where Penguins Roam Free
13 September 2026
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A day trip from Dhaka: 5 places to discover in Munshiganj
5 September 2026
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A guide to post-travel recovery: Coming home after the adventure
3 September 2026
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Bangladesh to Antarctica: Planning the journey to the end of the world
31 August 2026
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Budget-friendly getaways your parents will love
13 August 2026
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Barishal the unspoilt
Legends speak of holy men travelling places carried by large fish, turtles, birds, carpets, animals, jinns, and such, but I am yet to hear of anyone travelling on the back of an Ilish.
28 January 2019
Planet's top mass travel frenzy begins in China
The world's largest annual human migration-the Spring Festival travel rush-kicks off in China, with nearly 3 billion trips expected to be made in the 40 days from January 21 to March 1.
23 January 2019
The treasure vault of ancient Egypt
Many of you know or have at least heard of the Louvre in Paris, the British Museum in London or the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
17 January 2019
Cambridge: Of arts, architecture and history
Needless to say, the English county town of Cambridge is much more widely talked about for its academia aspect rather than its enriched culture, arts and architectural beauty.
14 January 2019
Air passenger departures set to hit 4.5b in 2019
Air travel passenger departures are projected to rise from 4.34 billion to 4.59 billion in 2019, according to new statistics released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
12 January 2019
The Mighty Iguazú
Looking down, I saw what resembled a mossy carpet, its tight weave separated only by the muddy Paraná River, snaking its way through the vast stretch of jungle.
10 January 2019
In The Land Of The Pharaohs
These are the voyages of one intrepid couple. Our nine-day mission: to explore strange new places. To seek out new cultures and an old civilisation. To boldly go where few Bangladeshis have gone before! Queue music!
20 December 2018
LOVELY LITTLE LIECHTENSTEIN
It wasn't supposed to go this way, but it did. My bus from Cologne to Munich took five hours longer than it was supposed to and, as such
13 December 2018
Montevideo Musings
What we'd thought would be a breezy two-hour bus ride from the coastal town of Colonia del Sacramento to the capital of Uruguay, Montevideo, quickly turned into a four-hour affair.
29 November 2018
2 Bhutan hotels awarded Best Hotels in Asia
Bhutan has continually been ranked as the “happiest place on Earth”, and now the country located in the Himalayas has made it into Conde Nast Traveler’s 2018 Readers’ Choice Award.
29 November 2018
Ming's man-made marvel
The Great Wall of China stands as a testament of human endurance and perseverance. Few things in this world can compare to this awe-inspiring architectural feat. I knew I had to go and see it on my recent trip to Beijing.
22 November 2018
The Muted Delights of Colonia del Sacramento
The ferry, a much smaller vessel than I'd expected, bobbed up and down as it cut across the Rio del Plata. We were en route to Colonia del Sacramento—a quaint coastal town in Uruguay.
15 November 2018
Lost in translation: Papua New Guinea wins the language Olympics
If you are travelling to Papua New Guinea, you don't need to pack a phrasebook, you need to bring an entire library. With 841 living tongues and a colourful creole lingua franca, this Pacific nation is the undisputed world champion of linguistic diversity.
15 November 2018
Taiwan: In the heart of Asia
The name Formosa dates back to 1542 when Portuguese sailors sighted an uncharted land and included it in their maps as the "beautiful Island." It's a destination that I have always wanted to visit.
8 November 2018
East Timor: The blues in the sky and the sea
Five of us friends were sat on a suspended balcony over a sizable mountain, with the Timor Sea underneath; an unobstructed view of the sea meeting the horizon and the nearby mountains, with a road snaking through.
5 November 2018
Bangladesh among 'best value travel destinations'
Bangladesh ranked seventh in the Lonely Planet's Top 10 “Best Value” travel destinations for 2019, which showcased the top ten places for affordable adventures, UNB reports.
24 October 2018
Sweet tooth in Paris
We spent an entire day stomping through the cobbled streets of the city, hunting down sweets to wolf down. Here's how it went.
22 October 2018
Delectable Paris
That was what the late Anthony Bourdain had to say about the Eiffel Tower.
22 October 2018
The other side of Korea: Art, food and history
A group of Indonesian journalists, including The Jakarta Post, is invited by the Korea Tourism Organization to join a familiarization trip to South Korea. A number of Asian journalists and bloggers from Malaysia, Singapore, China and Japan also take part in the three-day trip.
19 October 2018
The tiny Island nation in the Mediterranean
Cyprus is a beautiful little island in a very strategic position in the Mediterranean Sea. It has been influenced by many diverse cultures, languages and people.
18 October 2018