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India to resume issuing tourist visas for Bangladesh nationals from Sunday, signals thaw in bilateral ties

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India will resume issuing tourist visas for Bangladesh nationals from 28 June, Sunday from five visa centres, including Dhaka, Indian High Commissioner Dinesh Trivedi has announced. We will continue to facilitate medical visas on urgent visas on humanitarian consideration and grounds," he said at the Indian Visa Application Centre (IVAC) at Jamuna Future Park on 25 June. Trivedi then visited the Indian Visa Application Centre (IVAC) at Jamuna Future Park to inspect operations where he made the announcement of issuing tourist visas for Bangladeshi citizens. Five Indian Visa Application Centres (IVAC) in different cities in Bangladesh came under attack, and the Indian personnel working at development projects were threatened. Due to security threats and the attacks on High Commission premises, the High Commision of India was forced to scale down visa operations in Bangladesh. However. several people who apply for Indian visas travel to India for treatment of serious medical conditions and keeping in mind these humanitarian needs, despite security challenges the Indian High Commission had continued to operate the visa centres at Dhaka, Chittagong , Khulna, Sylhet and Rajshahi. India has been issuing more than 1500 visas across all categories except tourist visas daily. Indian envoy to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi reached Dhaka by road on June 12. He entered Bangladesh through the Petrapole-Benapole border. Stay updated with the latest Trending , India , World and US news.

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The annoucement comes two years after the High Commision of India was forced to scale down visa operations because of violent protests during the violent protestst that led to the ouster of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

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