Overview
- Foreign Affairs Adviser M Touhid Hossain said he instructed three missions in India to keep their visa sections closed for now, calling it a security issue.
- A notice at the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi says all consular and visa services there are suspended until further notice.
- Restrictions were implemented at the Deputy High Commission in Kolkata, and reports say tourist and other non‑essential visas have been halted at Mumbai and Chennai missions, with business and employment visas exempt.
- The latest curbs build on December 22 suspensions in New Delhi and Agartala, along with a shutdown of a visa centre in Siliguri and halted consular services in Guwahati following protests.
- Dhaka has also asked Washington to reverse or exempt Bangladesh from a new US visa‑bond requirement, even as bilateral tensions with India have risen after recent violence and demonstrations.