Several thousand Saudi Arabia-bound Bangladeshi migrant workers are facing untold sufferings due to new travel advisory issued by the kingdom that requires medical insurance covering the risk of covid-19 infections and hotel reservations for institutional quarantine.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has suspended flights to Saudi Arabia for five days starting today.
Sudan will restrict all travellers who have visited India within the prior two weeks, the country's health emergency committee said in a statement.
Saudi Arabia plans to soon reopen to foreign tourists, a senior tourism official said on Monday after the kingdom announced the lifting of quarantine restrictions for certain foreign arrivals.
A total of 585 Bangladeshis, who were stranded in India due to the ongoing border closure returned to the country through Akhaura land port in Brahmanbaria from April 26 to May 15, according to the data of Special Branch of Police in Brahmanbaria district.
Operations at Hili land port in Dinajpur’s Hakimpur resumed today to facilitate return of Bangladeshis stranded in India due to the border closure.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines is going to start operating regular flights on Dhaka-Rajshahi-Dhaka route.
Considering the distress of Bangladeshis still stranded in India, three more land ports -- in addition to Benapole, Burimari and Akhaura -- would be opened for their entry from May 16.
The European Union's executive on Wednesday called on countries of the bloc to temporarily halt non-essential travel from India, to limit the spread of a Covid-19 variant.
A total of 52 Bangladeshi citizens, stranded in Nepal due to suspension of regular flights following a surge of Covid-19 cases in the Himalayan state, returned home this afternoon by a special flight.
