168 more Bangladeshis return home from UK
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Another 168 Bangladeshi passengers returned home from the United Kingdom on Monday noon amid concerns about the spread of a new coronavirus variant in Britain.
Of the new arrivals, 144 landed at Osmani International Airport in Sylhet by a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight and 24 passengers landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
Osmani International Airport Manager Hafiz Ahmed told Banglanews that a team of Health Department scrutinized the Covid-19 certificates of the passengers. All of their test results were negative for the virus. After scrutiny, they were released with recommendation for respective home quarantine.
Biman resumes flights to Oman from Tuesday night
Biman Bangladesh Airlines will resume its flight operation to Oman on December 29 at 2020hrs as the Oman government has withdrawn its suspension order on the flight operation.
Oman recently imposed a travel ban on international flights to implement its ongoing COVID-19 precautionary measures.
Passengers of suspended flights have been requested to contact with the near-by sales office to get tickets, said the release signed by Tahera Khandaker, deputy general manager (public relations) of Biman.
Seats will be allotted on the priority basis, subject to vacancies in the flight, Biman said. 2020-12-28
Saudi flights suspended for another week
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Saudi Arabia yesterday extended suspension of all international flights to the kingdom for another week, adding to the worries of more than 5,000 migrant workers in Bangladesh about their return to that country.
The Saudi government, however, said foreign citizens would be able to leave the kingdom by air.
The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) of that country made the fresh announcement amid reports of detection of a new mutated strain of the novel coronavirus in the UK.
In an urgent circular, GACA said foreign airlines are permitted to carry non-Saudi passengers out of the kingdom, taking precautionary measures to prevent the spread of Covid. But they must not allow their crew to leave aircraft.
161 more passengers from UK land in Bangladesh today
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Another 161 passengers from the United Kingdom landed in Bangladesh today amid the spread of a new strain of Covid-19 in that country.
Of the passengers, 144 landed in Osmani International Airport of Sylhet by a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines. And 17 passengers landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Nasrin Akter, a doctor at the health desk of HSIA, told The Daily Star.
After health screening, all passengers were allowed to go home as they had Covid-19 negative certificates. But they will have to stay in home quarantine for 14-days, added Dr Nasrin.
Selim Reza reappointed as secretary of railways ministry
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Md Selim Reza
The government has reappointed Md Selim Reza as secretary of Railway Ministry for one more year, postponing his post retirement leave (PRL) and other facilities.
The Ministry of Public Administration issued a gazette notification in this regard on Monday.
The contractual appointment will come in effect from December 31 or the date of his joining.
Earlier December 24, the public administration ministry issued a gazette appointing Mokabbir Hossain, managing director and CEO of Biman Bangladesh Airlines (additional secretary), as the secretary of railways ministry.
However, the ministry scrapped that gazette for Mokabbir s appointment later on that day.