Bangladesh resumes all visa services for Indians after over a month: Reports
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More than a month after Bangladesh restricted the issuance of visas for Indian nationals, Dhaka resumed the services at all its missions in the country on Friday, reported The Daily Star.
“We have resumed issuing visas of all categories on a limited scale since Friday and will expand the service from the coming week,” an unidentified official was quoted as saying by the newspaper.
On December 22, Bangladesh temporarily suspended visa issuance and consular services at its High Commission in New Delhi, the Assistant High Commission in Agartala, and the visa centre in Siliguri. Consular services were also halted at the mission in Guwahati.
Dhaka extended the curbs to its Deputy High Commissions in Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai on January 8, citing security concerns. Issuance of all categories of visas except business and employment visas to Indian nationals had been suspended.
The resumption of the services came days after the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led government headed by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman took charge in the country, following a landslide victory in the February 12 elections.
This was the first national election in Bangladesh since former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted in August 2024. Her ouster came after several weeks of widespread student-led protests against her Awami League government. She had been in power...