BD, India set to resume 'full-scale' visa operations

Bangladesh and India have taken steps to resume full-scale visa operations as part of a broader effort to normalise bilateral relations following 18 months of tension, reports bdnews24.com.
Dhaka has already resumed issuing all categories of visas, while Delhi is set to gradually return to full visa processing within the next few weeks, according to the Indian Express.
The report said visa normalisation was among key issues discussed when Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman visited India last month, with Dhaka pressing for early reciprocal steps from New Delhi.
All Bangladeshi visa centres in India, including the High Commission in Delhi and consular divisions in Kolkata, Agartala, Mumbai, and Chennai, are now fully operational. Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Riaz Hamidullah told the newspaper, "After the visa operations at some of our centres had to be held in abeyance in December last year, they were restored in February."