Dhaka, Jan. 4 -- Leaders of Bangladesh's travel agency sector on Sunday (Jan 4) warned that the newly promulgated Travel Agency Registration and Control Ordinance-2026 could cripple the industry, forcing nearly 5,000 travel agencies to shut down unless the law is repealed.

At a press conference held at the National Press Club, industry representatives described the ordinance as "anti-business" and termed it a "black ordinance" that threatens the survival and sustainability of the travel trade.

They urged the government to immediately repeal the law to avert what they said would be a large-scale collapse of the sector.

Former Association of Travel Agents of Bangladesh (ATAB) President Manzur Morshed Mahbub said the ordinance, gazetted o...