Bangladesh

The Bangladesh Tourism Board gave Japan a taste of its nation’s rich culture and natural wonders at the recently concluded Tourism EXPO Japan 2024.

Continuing its rapid growth, Air India Express announces the expansion of its operations to Dhaka.

Several countries are advising their nationals to avoid unnecessary travel to Bangladesh in light of increasing public unrest.

Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Nepal Chapter participated in the ‘Cross-Border Tourism with Neighbours’ event, a tourism promotional event organized by PATA Bangladesh Chapter

Biman Bangladesh Airlines Ltd. (BG) has partnered with SITA to adopt a suite of state-of-the-art connectivity solutions that will increase network speeds, optimize the airline’s operations, and reduce expansion costs.

Online visa application and assistance processing firm official-esta.com has analysed the number of tourism jobs available in over 170 countries around the world to reveal how many jobs are created for every 100 tourists visiting.

Radisson Hotel Group continues to expand in South Asia’s exciting destinations with the signing of its first hotel in Khulna, the third largest city in Bangladesh and a major hub for trade and tourism. Scheduled to open in third quarter of 2023, Radisson Hotel Khulna is a brand new upscale hotel nestled in a prime […]

IndiGo has announced two new international routes — Delhi-Dhaka (Bangladesh) and Kolkata-Yangon (Myanmar). While the Kolkata-Yangon daily will start from 20 September, the Delhi-Dhaka sector will begin on 22 August. Talking about the Yangon route, William Boulter, chief commercial officer (CCO), IndiGo said: “We see significant traffic coming from Yangon to the Buddhist circuit, thereby […]

Summer is here and Brits are planning for long haul travel.

SpiceJet has launched daily non-stop flight services on the Guwahati-Dhaka-Guwahati route, under the International Air Connectivity Scheme (IACS). SpiceJet’s Guwahati-Dhaka flight is the first-ever to be operated under IACS. The flight, which earmarks a new milestone, also reiterates the airline’s commitment on enhancing connectivity in the North East region. Debojo Maharshi, chief marketing officer, SpiceJet […]

SpiceJet launched eight new non-stop international flights from the country’s busiest metros of Mumbai and Delhi. The airline is the first Indian low-cost carrier (LCC) to connect Mumbai with Riyadh and Dhaka and Delhi with Dhaka and Jeddah. Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia, earmarks SpiceJet’s 10th international destination and the fourth station in […]

SpiceJet will launch Guwahati-Dhaka flight under the International Air Connectivity Scheme (IACS) from 1 July. In addition, the airline has launched 14 direct flights connecting metros and non-metros on its domestic network. All flights on the domestic network will commence operations from 20 June 2019. SpiceJet has also announced the launch of new flights on […]

Qatar Airways continues to expand its South Asian operations with the launch of additional flights to two regional capitals: Colombo and Dhaka. Effective 1 September 2017, the Doha-based carrier will expand its Colombo service from four to five flights per day, while the frequency of its Dhaka route will rise from two to three daily […]

India and Bangladesh have signed an agreement to connect the two countries via new waterways. The Economic Times reported India’s Minister for Road Transport, Highways & shipping, Mansukh Mandaviya, as saying that the initiative would take advantage of the major rivers along the two countries’ border by creating new passages to transport people and cargo. […]

Thailand’s Dusit International has continued to expand its global footprint with the signing of its first hotel in Bangladesh. Scheduled to open by the end of 2017, the DusitPrincess Dhaka will operate under the hotel group’s new franchising model, as part of a long-term agreement with Lakeshore Hotels. Located in the north of the Bangladeshi […]

SpiceJet has launched flights to its seventh international destination: Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The new short, cross-border hop between Kolkata and Dhaka commenced on 23 March 2017 and will now operate daily. Flights will depart Kolkata at 0710 and arrive in Dhaka at 0835, before leaving the Bangladeshi capital at 0920 and landing back […]

New Chinese connection for Thailand’s Hat Yai Where? Kunming (China) to Hat Yai, pictured (Thailand) When? Three times a week, effective 1 April 2017 Who? Kunming Airlines Why? Proliferating trade and tourism ties between mainland China and Thailand, and a new direct connection to the largest city in southern Thailand Anything else? This will become […]

Bangladesh gets low-cost Dubai link Where? Dubai (UAE) to Sylhet (Bangladesh) When? Four times a week, effective immediately (rising to six per week in May 2017) Who? Flydubai Why? New low-cost link to tap demand for trade between two Muslim countries, including overseas workers in the Gulf Anything else? Located in northeast Bangladesh, Sylhet is […]

Silversea made history recently by operating the first ever port call to Bangladesh by an international cruise line. The luxury cruise line’s Silver Discoverer expedition ship visited Maheshkhali Island, which lies close to Cox’s Bazar in southeast Bangladesh, where passengers were greeted by a fleet of motorised rickshaws and a group of local school children […]

Dubai’s LCC adds Bangladeshi route Where? Dubai (UAE) to Sylhet (Bangladesh) When? Four times a week, effective 15 March 2017 Who? flydubai Why? Rising trade between two Islamic countries, including low-cost travel for overseas Bangladeshi workers Anything else? Sylhet will become flydubai’s third destination in Bangladesh, following Dhaka and Chittagong, boosting its total operations in […]