Private hajj agencies and Biman Bangladesh Airlines will lose huge revenue for the second consecutive year as the Saudi government has decided not to allow anyone from abroad to perform hajj amid the pandemic. Around 1,250 members of Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (Haab), a platform of private hajj agencies, will be deprived of an estimated revenue of Tk 2,500 crore,
The government should create a separate authority in the country to oversee investments made by the expatriates, demanded Centre for NRB, a non-profit organisation for non-resident Bangladeshis, yesterday. During a press meet at a city hotel, the organisation said such authority was required to bring small-scale expatriate investors on a collective platform, stressing the need
A cargo flight, which was scheduled to land at Dhaka Airport, was diverted to Chittagong airport due to stormy weather with torrential rain this morning. Due to gusty winds, several outbound flights at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport have been delayed by 45 minutes to one hour, sources at HSIA, said.