India will resume issuing tourist visas in neighboring Bangladesh, its envoy to Dhaka said Thursday.
The move comes nearly two years after relations soured when New Delhi's ally Sheikh Hasina was overthrown.
Has India resumed tourist visas for Bangladesh?
India will resume Bangladeshi tourist visas starting June 28, India's new high commissioner to Bangladesh, Dinesh Trivedi, told reporters. The move follows a nearly two-year suspension that began after political ties between the two countries broke down. Trivedi said the step is meant to strengthen people-to-people ties between the two nations.
"We hope this will further strengthen people-to-people ties between our two sovereign nations," Trivedi said.
Why did India suspend tourist visas for Bangladesh?
Relations between the neighbors have been strained since the August 2024 uprising that ousted Sheikh Hasina.
Hasina has been in hiding in India ever since she fled the revolt, and Bangladesh has repeatedly requested her extradition. She has been sentenced to death in absentia in Dhaka.
What changed between India and Bangladesh recently?
Ties improved after Prime Minister Tarique Rahman won a landslide election victory, taking over from the interim administration that had led the country of 170 million people since Hasina was ousted. India later resumed issuing visas for medical purposes, ahead of Thursday's announcement on tourist visas.
What is the current state of India-Bangladesh relations?
Bangladesh shares a 4,096-kilometre land border with India, and the two nations have traditionally close cultural and historical relations. The relationship remains tricky, however, with India sending those it accuses of being illegal migrants across the frontier to Bangladesh.
