passport

Police verification no longer required for passports: Yunus

Addressing birth registration, he stressed the need for a simplified process
16 February 2025, 09:29 AM

Red vs green passports: The privilege and the discrimination

The interim government of Bangladesh led by Dr Yunus declared the red passports held by the former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, as well as former MPs, null and void.
1 September 2024, 08:30 AM

Why are our passport services so insufferable?

It’s mind-boggling to think that an office is probably contributing towards making its service worse!
5 September 2023, 05:00 AM

Over 5 crore Bangladeshi citizens' data 'remains exposed' online

The leaked data includes names, birth dates, and National Identification (NID) numbers of over 50 million users which is alledgedly easily accessible through a simple Google search
8 July 2023, 05:56 AM

Bangladesh mission in Malaysia takes special initiative to issue passports

Bangladesh High Commission in Malaysia has taken an initiative to issue passports to Bangladeshi expatriates in Penang and Johor Bahru in the country under special arrangements.
28 May 2022, 16:23 PM

Smartphone apps that will help you during Hajj

From simply getting correct directions to helpful pointers for performing Hajj, there are many smartphone apps available just with that aim.
26 May 2022, 10:49 AM

What You Must Do Before Going to Hajj

Hajj is one of the main rituals of Islam, and it takes tremendous physical and mental effort, as well as spiritual dedication. Because of the nature of it, like all types of pilgrimage, it can be quite challenging and requires certain preparations too. It's not a matter that can be taken lightly or suddenly decided upon. Hajj demands thorough and meticulous preparation that takes time.
26 May 2022, 10:33 AM

3 frauds held with fake passports, visas in Dhaka

Rapid Action Battalion claims to have arrested three members of a fraud gang involved in making fake passports, visas and air tickets from Dhaka’s Sayedabad area.
20 March 2017, 05:02 AM

Two passports, one number

Only the photo belongs to her. All other information that the passport carries is someone else's. And with this passport she flew to Qatar three years ago without any trouble.
14 August 2016, 18:00 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

‘Bangladeshi’ held with fake passport in West Bengal

An alleged Bangladeshi national is among three persons arrested from Bidhannagar area of West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district adjacent to Kolkata and seized seven fake Indian passports from them.
7 January 2016, 14:20 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

G20 world leaders' data emailed to football organisers

The passport numbers and Visa details of 31 world leaders accidentally email to the organisers of the Asian Cup in Australia before the G20 summit in Brisbane in November 2014
30 March 2015, 14:42 PM

19 passport brokers jailed

A mobile court today detains 20 illegal passport brokers near the Immigration and Passport office at Agargaon in Dhaka and sentences 19 of them to three-month imprisonment each
24 March 2015, 15:46 PM