Department of Immigration and Passport (DIP)

Don’t harass UAE-bound workers with tourist visas at Dhaka airport: Parliamentary body

A parliamentary body today asked all authorities concerned not to harass UAE-bound migrant workers having tourist visas at the Dhaka airport.
17 April 2022, 14:13 PM

Department of Immigration and Passport (DIP) gets new DG

The government appoints Major General Md Sohail Hossain Khan as the new director general (DG) of the Department of Immigration and Passport (DIP).
10 January 2019, 12:55 PM

ACC detains 8 for abusing power

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) arrests eight persons including two employees of the Department of Immigration and Passport (DIP) for their alleged involvement in committing corruptions by abusing power.
19 July 2016, 15:01 PM

Govt to curb issuing official passports

The government decides to curb the issuance of official passports for its employees across the country in view of allegations of human trafficking in disguise of government officials.
27 March 2016, 13:48 PM

Visa hassles for Bangladeshis

The tourism industry has indeed become a major impetus to growth through its direct and indirect positives.
14 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Time running out for expats

THE deadline for Bangladeshis living abroad to switch to machine readable passports (MRPs) runs out in about two weeks time and the...
11 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Passport scam

An internal probe by the Department of Immigration and Passport (DIP) has detected that at least 170 official passports have been issued without following any of the numerous set procedures.
14 October 2015, 18:00 PM