Movement of all tourist ships on the Teknaf-Saint Martin’s Island route of Cox’s Bazar was suspended from today due to a surge in Covid-19 cases across the country.

Passengers from European countries, except the UK, and 12 other countries will not be allowed to enter Bangladesh.

All tourist spots in Rangamati and Khagrachhari were declared shut for the next 14 days to prevent spread of coronavirus infections.

A total of 23 passengers who returned to Bangladesh from different European countries, including the UK, were sent to 14-day institutional quarantine at government-approved hotels in eight hours since midnight.

Bangladesh Railway will sell 50 percent of available tickets from now on, its Director General Dhirendra Nath Mazumder told The Daily Star today.

On arrival in Bangladesh, all passengers from any European country, including UK, will have to be in 14 days of complete mandatory institutional quarantine at government facilities or government approved hotels at their own expense.

A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines was forced to return to Dhaka after it failed to land in Kathmandu Airport today.

Officials of the health desk and the Dhaka airport authority today gave contradictory statements on how many days a London-returnee passenger will have to stay in institutional quarantine.

Online ticketing platform 24TKT.com has announced a free return air trip for 50 less fortunate to mark the golden jubilee of the country’s Independence

Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan today expressed hope that Cox's Bazar will come under rail network within December, 2022.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines will resume flights on the Dhaka-Jashore route from March 28.

Religious affairs ministry today requested 60,706 hajj aspirants to take Covid-19 vaccine as part of preparation in advance.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked all concerned at Biman Bangladesh Airlines to take good care of all the aircraft in its fleet and ensure better passenger service.

British Airways’s new boss said vaccinated people should be allowed to travel without restriction and non-vaccinated people with a negative COVID-19 test, as he set out his ideas for a travel restart a month before the UK government finalises its plans.

Due to norwester, three flights were waiting to land and four aborted departure today.

Air passengers who refuse to wear masks properly or follow social distancing during a flight despite repeated warnings could be put on a “no-fly” list in India for a period of three months to two years or more, the Indian Directorate General of Civil Aviation said in an order today.

Air travelers will have to pay more due to the price hike of jet fuel, sources in the aviation industry told The Daily Star.

Almost a third of the world’s tourism destinations are closed to international visitors because of novel coronavirus restrictions, the United Nations' tourism body has found.

Thailand will from next month reduce its mandatory quarantine from 14 to seven days for foreigners arriving in the country who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus, its Health Minister said on Monday.

Saudi Arabia’s health ministry has ruled that only people who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 will be allowed to attend the Hajj this year, Saudi newspaper Okaz reported on Monday.