The United Arab Emirates will give travel visas for 30 to 60 days to foreigners as per its new rules approved from October 3.

With new direct flights between Dhaka and Hyderabad, IndiGo will connect Dhaka to 80 destinations in India and elsewhere in Asia via Hyderabad, Chennai, Delhi and Kolkata.

All foreigners entering Singapore on short-term visit passes from Friday (March 11) will be issued with electronic visit passes (e-Passes), which will replace the manual endorsement stamps on passports.

Uber today announced it has begun serving riders and drivers in Rangpur, marking the company’s expansion to all the eight divisions of the country.

Thai Airways today resumed flight operations on Bangkok-Dhaka route following the easing of restrictions by the Thai government on passenger transport from Bangladesh.

Amid heightened pressure from several quarters, Biman Bangladesh Airlines today announced reduced airfare to Middle Eastern countries, including Saudi Arabia, which will be effective from January 16.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines is going to resume flights on Dhaka-Sylhet-Manchester route from December 25.

India today extended suspension of scheduled international passenger flights due to Covid-19 pandemic till January 31 amidst global concerns over Omicron.

Australia said on Monday it would delay the reopening of its international border by two weeks after reporting its first cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines will resume flights on the Dhaka-Bangkok-Dhaka route from December 2.

Flight operations under the air bubble agreement between India and Bangladesh will resume from September 3, four months after it was suspended amid rising Covid-19 infections.

A Dhaka-bound flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, with around 122 passengers on board, made an emergency landing at an airport in India.

Despite the foreign minister saying that flight operations with India will resume from August 20, Biman Bangladesh Airlines, US-Bangla and Novoair officials said they are yet to get any directives from Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (Caab) about the resumption.

Bangladesh has recently given a proposal to India regarding launching air bubble flights with the country.

The process of performing Umrah in Makkah, Saudi Arabia resumed today for the Bangladeshi pilgrims who have received both doses of coronavirus vaccine.

In view of the lifting of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions, Indian Visa Application Centers (IVAC) in Bangladesh will resume operations from tomorrow.

After remaining stranded for several hours due to technical glitch, a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight finally landed at the Dhaka airport today morning from Abu Dhabi with 120 passengers on board.

The suspension on inbound passenger flights of Dubai-based airline Emirates from Bangladesh and three other South Asian countries -- India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka -- to the UAE has been extended till at least July 21 following a second wave of the Covid-19. 

Due to Covid-19 pandemic, visa on-arrival had been closed since June 2020. Nevertheless, many foreign investors and businessmen are still arriving at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) and applying for on-arrival visas.

International flights to and from Dhaka will operate as usual, but flights on all seven local routes will be suspended during the weeklong strict lockdown beginning tomorrow.