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Bangladesh has cut air connectivity with 10 countries, including India, Singapore and Saudi Arabia, to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
AHM Touhid-ul Ahsan, director of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, confirmed the matter to it on Saturday, bdnews24.com reported.
The countries are Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Malaysia, Oman, Singapore and India, according to Ahsan.
No flights from the listed countries will be allowed to land in Dhaka.
However, passenger flights with four countries -- UK, China, Thailand and Hong Kong -- will continue.
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport has issued a Notice to Airmen, or NOTAM, in this regard, said Ahsan, adding the decision will be effective until March 31.
Bangladesh confirmed three more coronavirus cases on Friday, taking the total to 20.
Globally, 11,397 have died from the disease and the number of total cases currently stands at 275,429, according to Johns Hopkins University’s coronavirus resource centre.