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  • Regent Airways offers up to 20pc discount in air tickets

    Regent Airways, a renowned private airline of Bangladesh, offers up to 20 percent discount on prices of tickets of all domestic and international routes excluding Doha and Muskat in the 16th International Tourism Fair of Dhaka Travel Mart (DTM).

  • Tourism sector needs policy support to thrive: experts

    The tourism and hospitality sector of Bangladesh needs policy support from the government to boost its contribution to the economy, said sector people yesterday.

  • Paris tops ranking of world's healthiest cities

    Paris is named the world's healthiest city in a report that looks at everything from the number of spas and yoga studios in each city to vegan dining options and green spaces.

  • Domestic tourism walloped by polls

    The domestic tourism sector has been hit hard by the escalating tension surrounding Sunday's general elections as visitors stay away from popular tourist destinations such as the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Cox's Bazar and Sylhet for fear of getting stranded.

  • 3 Andaman islands to get new names

    Indian government has decided to rename three islands in Andaman and Nicobar - Havelock Island to Swaraj Dweep, Neil Island to Shaheed Dweep and Ross Island to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Island.

  • Tourism booming with economy

    Bangladesh's tourism sector has grown with the pace of the country's economic growth in the past decade, as more and more people are having sizeable disposable income.

  • InterContinental opens to guests

    InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), one of the world's leading hotel companies, has announced the commencement of commercial operations of InterContinental Dhaka in partnership with state-run Bangladesh Services Limited (BSL).

  • China green lights first underwater high-speed railway

    China green lights a project to build the first underwater bullet train route, reports CNN.

  • Real-time feedback makes hotel guests slash shower power

    Providing hotel guests real-time feedback on the power they use in the shower sharply curbs the amount of energy consumed even though they do not pay for it, says a new research.

  • Novoair opens Kolkata sales office

    Novoair last Friday opened a sales office at Chowronghee Mansions, Dr Md Ishaque Road (Kyd Street) in Kolkata, where it operates two daily flights.

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