Yangon / DPA Myanmar is taking help of technology to boost domestic tourism. An app developed by Jovago aims at making the process of booking easier for domestic travellers. The app is available in Burmese and features a selection of more than 700 hotels across the country. It is targeting partnering 95 per cent of hotels in Myanmar by the …

Dhaka / DPA Would you believe that the cost of living in Dhaka is as high as that in the Canadian city of Montreal although the living amenities and conditions in these two cities are worlds apart? The intelligence unit of British magazine The Economist in its latest study on the global cost of living in 2015 ranked Dhaka city …

Rome / AFP Italy’s floating city Venice is preparing to bring in a plan to ease congestion for locals on its ‘vaporetto’ water buses by creating priority queues for residents in a move likely to vex holidaymakers. The city council said the public transport company would soon announce a new boarding system for the vaporetto — “little steamers” — which …