Long-distance buses are plying Dhaka-Tangail highway, violating restriction imposed by the government to curb transmission of Covid-19.

Ferry services on the Paturia-Daulatdia and Shimulia-Kathalbaria routes have been suspended since early today as per government instructions to curb the spread of coronavirus infection ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.

Australia is likely to remain shut to visitors until late 2022, the country’s trade and tourism minister said Friday, as another global coronavirus surge smashed hopes of a quick reopening.

The rush of homebound people and transport has increased manifold at Paturia ferry terminal in Manikganj, the gateway to 21 districts in the southern part of the country.

Australian citizens stranded in Covid-ravaged India will be able to return home from May 15, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday (May 7), as Sydney remains on high alert for a potential outbreak.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said buses were allowed to resume operation within Dhaka and districts due to pressure from various quarters.

The Philippines will ban the entry of travellers from Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh from May 7 to May 14 to prevent the spread of the coronavirus variant first detected in India, the president’s office said on Wednesday.

Greek Minister for Migration and Asylum Notis Mitarachi has expressed interest to make some arrangement for recruiting agricultural workers from Bangladesh on short-term basis.

Saudi Arabia is considering barring overseas pilgrims from the annual haj for the second year running as COVID-19 cases rise globally and worries grow about the emergence of new variants, two sources familiar with the matter said today.

Nationals from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Nepal will be prohibited from entering Malaysia from now adding to the earlier temporary ban on flights to and from India which was announced on April 26.

Saudi Arabian authorities have released new pictures that offer a never-before-seen close-up view of the Black Stone in the Kaaba.

Saudi Arabia will permit citizens immunised against Covid-19 to travel abroad from May 17, the interior ministry said Sunday, more than a year after Saudis were barred from external trips.

US-Bangla Airlines will resume its regular international flight on the Dhaka-Kuala Lumpur route from May 4.

After a 17-day break, international flights to and from Dhaka resumed today following government guidelines and instructions.

Australian residents and citizens who have been in India within 14 days of the date they plan to return home will be banned from entering Australia as of Monday and those who disobey will face fines and jail, government officials said.

The religious affairs ministry has come to know that a fraudulent group is taking money from people to include them as hajj aspirants this year.

Air Crash Investigation(s), a Canadian documentary television series produced by Cineflix that recounts air crashes and other mainly flight-related disasters and crises, yesterday released their latest episode chronicling the March 12, 2018 US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211 crash in Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Hotel quarantine is mandatory for people arriving in Qatar from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the Philippines, Gulf Times reports quoting the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) in Qatar.

More than 300 Bangladeshis are stuck in India’s Petrapole land port today as Bangladesh government yesterday closed the border with India due to a huge surge in Covid-19 cases in the neighbouring country.

Airfares soared and demand for private jets boomed Friday as Indians who could afford it scrambled to escape a Covid surge before flights to the United Arab Emirates shut down.