Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport
177 more British travellers leave Dhaka for London
Another group of 177 British travellers left Dhaka for London on Thursday afternoon in the second chartered flight.
130 people including citizens of Malaysia, Singapore leave Dhaka
A total of 130 people, including citizens of Malaysia and Singapore, left Dhaka by a chartered flight of Singapore Airlines on Wednesday.
GD Assist evacuates 48 Bangladeshis from Thailand
GD Assist, a subsidiary of Green Delta Insurance Company, arranged the evacuation of 48 nonresident Bangladeshis stranded in Bangkok of Thailand and brought them back home on Friday.
35 Thai citizens go back to Bangkok from Dhaka
A total of 35 Thai nationals returned to Bangkok, Thailand on a US-Bangla special flight on Friday with the support from the Thai Embassy in Dhaka.
Bangladesh, US partner to help US citizens return home by 3rd chartered flight
The US Embassy in Dhaka on Monday helped several hundred American citizens and family members return to the United States as part of its response to the global challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Good progress on chartered flights for UK nationals from Dhaka: Dickson
British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson has said they are making good progress with their plans to charter flights to help British nationals in Bangladesh return home.
124 European citizens leave Dhaka
A total of 124 nationals of 15 European countries left here on Friday for their respective countries on a special flight chartered by the Germany Embassy in Dhaka.
More US citizens to leave Dhaka Sunday
The US Department of State and US Embassy in Dhaka have arranged second special chartered flight for US citizens and their families.
Coronavirus: Airport, railway station eerily quiet and empty
Bus, train, launch and air services remained suspended across the country as part of efforts to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the country. Flight operation on all international routes except China has also been halted.
3 more overseas returnees sent to hospital from Dhaka airport
Three more overseas returnees were sent to Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital on Saturday night from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for having high body temperature.
Dr Shahriar Sazzad, in-charge of Airport Health camp, said they arrived here from Dubai by a flight of Gulf Air around 9 pm on Saturday.
The authorities concerned sent them to the hospital as they had high body temperature, he said.
Earlier, two overseas returnees—one from Maldives and the other from Bahrain-- were sent to the same hospital on Saturday morning from the Airport with high body temperature.
A Malaysia-returnee on Thursday and two people from Saudi Arabia on Friday were directly sent to the hospital from the airport as they were screened with high body temperatures.
In the meantime, Bangladesh on Saturday cancelled all the international passenger flights until March 31 with 10 countries to be effective from 12 am on Sunday to restrict the spread of coronavirus in the country.
Bangladesh reported the country’s first death from coronavirus on March 18 while the second one on Saturday.
Three more people have been diagnosed with coronavirus in the last 24 hours , raising the number of coronavirus cases in the country to 27, Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) Director Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora announced this at a press briefing at IEDCR in Mohakhali on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the number of globally confirmed coronavirus cases rose to more than 300,000 on Sunday. So far, The virus has claimed 13,068 lives -- a mortality rate of 12 percent, according to Worldometer.
Covid-19 is affecting 188 countries and territories around the world and one international conveyance (the Diamond Princess cruise ship harboured in Yokohama, Japan).