‘First class’ air travel at govt expenses suspended until further notice

Foreign travel in "first class" by air at government expense has been suspended until further notice.

“As part of the multifaceted measures to rationalise  government spending in the context of post-COVID economic recovery and the global crisis, foreign travel in ‘first class’ by air at government expense has been suspended until further notice,” said a media statement of the Prime Minister’s Press Wing.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina signed the summary related to it on Wednesday, it added.