Travel

Uttara Ganabhaban reopens after 8 months

The Uttara Ganabhaban, a popular tourist attraction in Natore, has been reopened after eight months. It will remain open from 10am to 5pm. Deputy Commissioner Md Shahriaz opened the main

Passengers spend night on Baltic Sea ferry that ran aground

Shawdesh Desk: A Baltic Sea ferry with 331 passengers and a crew of 98 run aground in heavy storm winds Saturday in the Aland Islands archipelago between Finland and Sweden.

The latest ‘Everest’ is a mountain you’ve probably never heard of

Shawdesh Desk: It’s not the world’s highest mountain, nor is it the hardest one to climb, presumably. Famed climber Reinhold Messner never bothered with this obscure peak and it won’t

World’s most expensive cities to live in during Covid

Shawdesh desk: It’s the ultimate dream for many — move to a big city and make a glam new life. But as we all know, metropolitan living comes at a

As virus mutes Dubai nightlife, Filipino bands feel the pain

Shawdesh desk: Eric Roman struts onstage in his torn jeans and grasps the microphone. It’s midnight on a Friday and in normal times, he’d hear wild applause from this tightly

UK govt plans ‘student travel window’ ahead of Christmas

Shawdesh Desk: University students in England will be allowed to travel home in early December after a four-week lockdown is eased to spend Christmas with their families, under government plans

First plane with Israeli tourists lands in UAE after deal

The first flight carrying Israeli tourists to the United Arab Emirates landed Sunday in the city-state of Dubai, the latest sign of the normalization deal reached between the two nations.

Facing pandemic economic woes, Nepal reopens to adventurers

Shawdesh Desk: Adventurers looking to scale Nepal’s Himalayan peaks and trek its mountain trails can finally do so for the first time in seven months, as the country reopens to