Image News Title & Description News Date
World's longest river cruise Varanasi- Bangladesh-Assam starts World's longest river cruise Varanasi- Bangladesh-Assam starts

Dhaka : The 50-days long world's longest river cruise of 4000 km on Varanasi-Bangladesh-Assam route was flagged off by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on January 13. This is the ...

16 January, 2023
Sylhet Osmani Airport inaugurates six e-gates Sylhet Osmani Airport inaugurates six e-gates

Dhaka : Six electronic gates were inaugurated at Sylhet Osmani International Airport on January 8 in a move to make the immigration process for passengers faster while improving the quality of...

16 January, 2023
Tourism starts to pick up by year end Tourism starts to pick up by year end

Dhaka : By the end of 2022, as the country's main travel season winter arrived, tourist spots across the country were seen filled with both domestic and foreign travellers. Even though dom...

01 January, 2023
Air Astra eyes expansion after receiving 90pc load factor in maiden month: CEO Air Astra eyes expansion after receiving 90pc load factor in maiden month: CEO

Dhaka : The new private airline Air Astra received better-than-expected results in load factor while completing its maiden month of operations on two domestic routes of the country - Dhaka-Cox...

01 January, 2023
PM inaugurates country's first metro rail PM inaugurates country's first metro rail

Dhaka : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formally inaugurated the country's first metro rail on December 28.

She opened a section of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Line-6 by unvei...

01 January, 2023
IATA foresees global airline industry returning to profit in 2023 IATA foresees global airline industry returning to profit in 2023

 Montreal : The global airline industry is forecast to achieve a net profit of USD 4.7 billion in 2023 as the recovery from the Covid-19 crisis continues, said IATA.

It wou...

16 December, 2022
Global tourism rebounds strongly after Covid-19 Global tourism rebounds strongly after Covid-19

London : Prior to the pandemic, the worldwide travel and tourism industry accounted for just over 10 per cent of global GDP. After a difficult 2020 and 2021, with, some false starts in the ind...

16 December, 2022
APAC airports losing money, yet plan for over 150 new airports APAC airports losing money, yet plan for over 150 new airports

Dhaka : According to the Airports Council Interna-tional (ACI), Asia-Pacific is expected to be the last region to recover to pre-pandemic levels of air travel. A full recovery to 2019 levels i...

01 December, 2022
HSIA T3 51pc completed: CAAB HSIA T3 51pc completed: CAAB

Dhaka : 51 per cent of the construction of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport's (HSIA) Third Terminal has been completed so far, said Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh Chairman Ai...

01 December, 2022
Int'l travel is back: WTTC Int'l travel is back: WTTC

London : A new global consumer survey has revealed that the appetite for international travel is now at its highest point since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Travel and Tourism...

01 December, 2022