<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The government today banned foreign travel of all officers and employees of state-owned organisations at their institutions' expenses.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>All orders on the officers' and employees' foreign travel with the funding of the government have been cancelled until further order, said a notification of the Finance Division.</div><div><br></div><div>The government institutions to be covered under this new order include all the ministries, divisions and their subordinate entities, autonomous and semi-autonomous bodies, public sector corporations and state-owned companies.</div><div><br></div><div>However, foreign travels can be made in limited scale subject to approval from the authorities concerned.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, the ban on their foreign trips was imposed in the context of post Covid economic recovery and ongoing global crisis.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier in May, the finance ministry issued an order to bar all officers in government, semi-government, and autonomous organisations alongside government banks and financial institutions from travelling abroad.&nbsp; - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>