Oman has suspended the issuance of visas across all categories for Bangladeshis from Tuesday until further notice, reported The Times of Oman yesterday, quoting Royal Oman Police (ROP), the Gulf country’s immigration authority.
Expatriate workers usually come to Dhaka one of two days ahead of their flight abroad from different districts of the country.
Authorities at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport yesterday advised patients suffering from conjunctivitis to come to the airport with a doctor’s prescription and necessary medicines before traveling abroad.
India yesterday restored all currently valid regular (paper) visas, in a development that will be much cheered by Bangladeshis, who account for the highest number of tourist arrivals.
Amid Omicron-driven surge in Covid-19 cases, India today announced revised and more stringent guidelines for international passengers under which they will have to undergo mandatory home quarantine for a week on arrival in the country, even if they test negative for the infection at the point of entry.
Santa has been cleared for travel in Canada’s airspace after showing proof of vaccination and a pre-flight negative Covid test, the transport minister said Thursday.
Expressing concern over the high airfare to different Middle Eastern destinations, the Expatriates’ Welfare Ministry today sent a letter to the civil aviation ministry to take measures to reduce the price of air tickets.
Air communication with India is likely to resume from next week on a limited scale, considering the needs of people of both countries, sources at the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) said.
In view of the lifting of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions, Indian Visa Application Centers (IVAC) in Bangladesh will resume operations from tomorrow.
Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) yesterday wrote a letter to Indian authorities concerned, proposing to resume flights with India on various conditions, including Covid-19 vaccination of air passengers.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines will operate a special flight on Dhaka-Hong Kong-Dhaka route on August 9.
Passengers from Bangladesh and five other countries will be allowed to transit through the United Arab Emirates (UAE) starting tomorrow, Emirates and Etihad Airlines said on their websites today.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines will operate a special flight on the Dhaka-Hong Kong-Dhaka route on August 9.
The Italy government has extended its entry ban on Bangladesh nationals till August 30 to contain the spread of Covid-19.
Dubai-based Emirates Airlines has extended flight ban from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka until August 7.
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.
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.
