First class overseas air travel at govt cost suspended

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

“As part of the multifaceted measures to rationalize government expenditure in the   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.