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Prince Harry backs sustainable tourism plan

Prince Harry backs sustainable tourism plan

Reuters
Britain's Prince Harry, who himself has come in for criticism for using private jets, announced a new tourism initiative on Tuesday to transform...Details
Singapore hotels see best month in years amid HK turmoil

Singapore hotels see best month in years amid HK turmoil

Reuters
Singapore's hotel occupancy rates have climbed to their highest in over a decade as travellers and business events switched from Hong Kong, where...Details
Uganda relaunches national flag carrier after 18 years

Uganda relaunches national flag carrier after 18 years

Reuters
Uganda Airlines has taken to the skies once more after almost two decades out of action but flies into a crowded aviation market in Africa where...Details
A Bangladeshi woman’s tale of 64 districts

A Bangladeshi woman’s tale of 64 districts

Bangla Tribune Report
Eliza binte Elahi had set the goal of visiting the archaeological sites in all the 64 districts across Bangladesh and has accomplished the amazing...Details
A dog's life: Bangkok street sweeper carries pet to work

A dog's life: Bangkok street sweeper carries pet to work

Reuters
A street sweeper in Thailand has become an internet sensation after a picture of her carrying her dog on her back while sweeping the streets of the...Details
Disney to launch 'Moana' attraction, 'Star Wars' hotel

Disney to launch 'Moana' attraction, 'Star Wars' hotel

Bangla Tribune Desk
Disney officials say they plan to open an attraction based on the animated film Moana at Walt Disney World, and they announced the name of a Star...Details
PM to open 3rd Dreamliner ‘Gangchil’ on Thursday

PM to open 3rd Dreamliner ‘Gangchil’ on Thursday

Bangla Tribune Desk
‘Gangchil’, the third Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, is set to spread its wings tomorrow as Prime Minister...Details
UK sets up digital boards at Dhaka, Sylhet airports

UK sets up digital boards at Dhaka, Sylhet airports

Aditi Khanna, London
The British High Commission in Bangladesh, in collaboration with Civil Aviation Authority in the country, has set up digital messaging boards in...Details
Sri Lanka to offer free tourism visas on arrival

Sri Lanka to offer free tourism visas on arrival

Reuters
Sri Lanka will offer free tourism visas on arrival to citizens of almost 50 countries, a government document showed on Tuesday, as it tries to woo...Details
10 new things visitors can do in Dubai

10 new things visitors can do in Dubai

Bangla Tribune Desk
Champagne corks will be popping among the tourist communities of Dubai with the news that liquor licenses are to be granted to foreign visitors, in...Details
Biman’s third Boeing Dreamliner arrives Thursday

Biman’s third Boeing Dreamliner arrives Thursday

Bangla Tribune Desk
National flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines is set to include a third Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner to its fleet.The wide-body, twin-engine jet...Details
Airbus mimics nature with 'Bird of Prey' concept plane

Airbus mimics nature with 'Bird of Prey' concept plane

Reuters
Airbus on Friday unveiled a concept aircraft with splayed wingtips and a fanned tail inspired by the feathers of an eagle as it experiments with...Details
Archaeologists find mosque from when Islam arrived in holy land

Archaeologists find mosque from when Islam arrived in holy land

Reuters
Archaeologists in Israel have discovered the remains of one of the world's oldest rural mosques, built around the time Islam arrived in the holy...Details
Bangladeshi photojournalist’s photo featured on Nat Geo cover

Bangladeshi photojournalist’s photo featured on Nat Geo cover

Bangla Tribune Report
The photograph of a Rohigya woman and her child taken by Bangladeshi photojournalist KM Asad has made it to the cover of National...Details
PM Hasina to flag off Dhaka-Benapole train on Jul 17

PM Hasina to flag off Dhaka-Benapole train on Jul 17

Bangla Tribune Report
The direct train service from Dhaka to Jashore’s Benapole will be launched on Jul 17.The new service will facilitate the travel of...Details
Flight crew restrains 'God' aboard flight

Flight crew restrains 'God' aboard flight

Reuters
Delta Air Lines flight attendants restrained a passenger on a flight from Puerto Rico to New York after he shouted “I am God!” and...Details
Dhaka-New York Biman flights within 2019: Minister

Dhaka-New York Biman flights within 2019: Minister

Bangla Tribune Desk
State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Md Mahbub Ali has said it would be possible to start Biman flights on Dhaka-New York route by the end...Details
Turkish Airbus sunk for diving tourism

Turkish Airbus sunk for diving tourism

Bangla Tribune Desk
A disused Airbus A330 passenger plane has been deliberately sunk off the north-western coast of Turkey to attract diving tourists on Jun 14,...Details
Biman gets new public relations chief

Biman gets new public relations chief

Bangla Tribune Report
Tahera Khandker has been appointed as the general manager for public relations of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.She will succeed Shakil Meraj, who will...Details
Ijtema photo wins Nat Geo prize

Ijtema photo wins Nat Geo prize

Johny Hoque
Sandipani Chattopadhyay won in the 3rd place of the cities category in 2019 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest for a...Details
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