India to gradually restore all visa services

FE REPORT | Published: February 20, 2026 00:46:25

All categories of Indian visas will gradually return into normal processing, says an envoy, now that a new government is in office in Bangladesh.
Aniruddha Das, Assistant High Commissioner at the Assistant High Commission of India in Sylhet, has made the statement about Indian government position.
"At present, medical and double-entry visas are being issued, and initiatives have been taken to resume travel visas and other categories," he said while exchanging views with journalists at Sylhet Zilla Press Club on Thursday.
He assured full cooperation in visa issuance, emphasising that people-to-people connectivity is crucial to strengthening ties between India and Bangladesh.
India-Bangladesh relations are based on mutual respect and shared interests, he said, underscoring the role of citizens as key stakeholders in sustaining long-term cooperation.
"The people of both countries will be the principal stakeholders in a stable, positive, constructive, long-term and mutually beneficial relationship," Mr. Das notes.
He also stressed the importance of leveraging geographic proximity, cultural affinities and growing economic potential to unlock new opportunities.
"We should transform our geographical and cultural proximity, growing economic capacity and aspirations for the future into new opportunities through mutual cooperation," he said.
The discussion was presided over by Moin Uddin, president of the Sylhet Zilla Press Club, and conducted by Mohammad Nasir Uddin, its general secretary.