Hajj and Umrah Management Bill 2021 was placed in parliament today -- in principle -- to deal with irregularities and mismanagement in the sector.
To curb the spread of Covid-19, Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) has decided to suspend all domestic flights in Bangladesh from Monday (April 5), Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh Chairman Air Vice Marshal M Mafidur Rahman told The Daily Star today.
A Bill titled “The Bangladesh Tour Operators and Tour Guides (Registration and Operation) Bill, 2021” was placed in parliament today for mandating tour operators and guides to get registered.
Visitors from Bangladesh, Philippines, Pakistan and Kenya will be banned from traveling to UK from 4:00am of April 9, according to a news story on the GOV.UK website.
Operation of regular flights will be suspended if Covid-19 situation deteriorates. Permission will not be given either at present to operate special flights to and from Dhaka considering the situation.
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.
