Several hundred Saudi Arabia bound migrant workers demonstrated at Dhaka Airport early this morning due to cancellation of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines special flight.

Expatriate workers who have clearance from the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) will get priority on the special flights to return to their workplaces in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Oman and Singapore.

US-Bangla Airlines will operate 21 special flights to Dubai, Muscat, Doha and Singapore for seven days starting from tomorrow.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines will operate around 100 special flights to Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, UAE and Singapore for a week from April 17 to carry migrant workers to their respective workplaces.

The job portal “Chakrir Khoj” launched by the Bangladesh High Commission in Malaysia is aimed at facilitating Malaysian government’s ongoing legalisation process and ensuring welfare of the migrants, said the Bangladesh mission there in response to a Malaysian minister slamming the initiative.

Bangladesh passport moved up one notch from last year in the latest edition of the Henley Passport Index, the pioneer ranking of all the world's travel documents.

The High Commission of India in Bangladesh has temporarily suspended operations at all its visa centres across Bangladesh.

The US Embassy in Dhaka said it will remain closed for routine US citizen services for the duration of the “lockdown”.

Saying that around 20,000 to 25,000 expatriate workers will face uncertainty over reaching their workplaces abroad, Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies, Association of Travel Agents of Bangladesh demand today demanded to keep international flight operations out of purview of weeklong lockdown.

All of us remember how even two years ago, we planned for the perfect Pahela Baishakh. At least two to three pairs of clothing would be spread out on the couch for try-outs, at least a week before the special occasion.

This week, we will share four watermelon recipes — one for a juice, one for a dessert, one for an appetiser and one for a main dish.

We can wear pop art inspired by the Bengali Film Industry. Nothing can be more fun and more Bangladeshi then having Dipjol, Shabana and Manna in their signature moves as prints.

The body enters into a fasting state eight hours or so after the last meal, when the gut finishes absorbing nutrients from the food. In the normal state, body glucose, which is stored in the liver and muscles, is the body’s main source of energy.

Police will issue "movement pass" to people based on needs during the "strict restrictions" -- going into effect from tomorrow -- imposed to curb the worsening coronavirus situation.

Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) has given a detailed outline of the weeklong suspension of all international passenger flights to and from Bangladesh from April 14 following the government's guidance and instruction.

Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh said they are planning to suspend regular flight operations on international routes from Dhaka amid countrywide full lockdown, slated to begin from April 14, to curb spread of Covid-19.

Malaysia’s Sime Darby Plantation on Thursday brought back over 100 migrant workers from Bangladesh as part of a pilot scheme to overcome labour shortages caused by the coronavirus pandemic and a freeze on recruitment of new foreign workers. Sime Darby told Reuters in an email that the scheme was being “conducted in collaboration with the Malaysian government to put return-to-work plans in motion in a controlled and safe manner.”

Singapore will next month accept visitors who use a mobile travel pass containing digital certificates for Covid-19 tests and vaccines, its aviation regulator said on Monday, becoming one of the first countries to adopt the initiative.

Saudi authorities said Monday only people immunised against Covid-19 will be allowed to perform the year-round umrah pilgrimage from the start of Ramadan, the holy fasting month for Muslims.

Some of the basic vegetables used in this soup are green papaya, carrots, cabbage, cauliflower, long beans and mushrooms. You can use any other vegetable you prefer like broccoli, snow peas, peas, baby corn and so on.