Dhaka : Bangladesh tourism which suffered neglect from policy makers, has entered the age of virtual tourism. Again, initiatives of private sector are playing the lead role. If initiated properly, the initiative is likely to boost promotion of tourism in Bangladesh.
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Dhaka : 2020 has been confirmed to be the worst year on record in aviation history following the destructive impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on air transport all across the globe including Bangladesh during that year. 
The International Air Transport Associat...

Montreal : IATA urged world states to follow the World Health Organisation's new guidance on travel. The guidance recommends a risk-based approach to implementing measures related to Covid-19 and international travel.
Specifically, WHO recommended that governments...

Dhaka : The hotel-restaurant industry of Bangladesh which achieved tremendous growth in one decade prior to 2020, is now in trouble due to the situation created by the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to a survey, conducted by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)-a gover...

Dhaka : Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited, the national flag carrier - that is yet to get out of limping existence_ has been crowned with a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) - the number 42 in 49 years.
On January 4, 1973, Biman Bangladesh Airlines was born, through a...

Dhaka : The private airlines of Bangladesh are still struggling and searching for solid ground because of government neglect and wrong policies.  
Even now when the struggling domestic airline industry needs and expecting, all types of positive support for surviv...

Dhaka : Already struggling for survival, three operating airlines of the country-Biman Bangladesh Airlines, NOVOAIR and US-Bangla Airlines-due to situation created by Covid-19 pandemic, are going to bear heavier burden because of latest hike of jet fuel price.
The fue...

Dhaka : The tourism and aviation sectors of the country, worst affected by the Covid-19 pandemic similar to other countries in the world, received no bailout package in the national budget.
Lack of bailout package for tourism, hospitality and aviation sectors has come...

_By Raquib Siddiqi
Dhaka : It is not an exaggeration to say that the Covid-19 pandemic has thrown the global airline industry into a tailspin. The potent combination of trip cancellations and country-specific restrictions on international flights, has created a stagge...

Dhaka : Covid-19 has hit the global airline industry very hard,  and similar to other countries, airlines of Bangladesh-both public and private-are now searching ways to survive the unusual crisis, created by the pandemic for more than a year now.
Of the three op...