The ongoing suspension of international flights to and from Bangladesh has been extended for another week, following the government’s decision to extend the strict "lockdown" amid a spike in Covid-19 infections and deaths.

Hong Kong has suspended all flights connecting to India from April 20 to May 3 amid a surge of Covid-19 cases in India.

Many outgoing passengers especially those wishing to visit United Arab Emirates are facing difficulty after the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh issued a directive for such passengers to obtain BMET card or clearance. Not only this, related organisations and Probashi Kalyan Desk at the airport have been facing unexpected complexities in dealing with them. BMET’s district offices are also facing problems.

Four out of 12 special flights, scheduled for today, left the Dhaka airport as of 3:00pm today.

Saudi Arabia-bound special flights for migrant workers will be operated from tomorrow (Sunday).

Middle East-bound migrant workers have demonstrated at Dhaka Airport and in front of the offices of Biman Bangladesh Airline and Saudi Arabian Airlines after a Saudi-bound special flight of Biman was cancelled early today.

Seven special flights -- for migrant workers stuck in the country due to the weeklong ban on international flights -- were cancelled today.

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.

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.”