Bangladesh today (July 25, 2022) urged India to show flexibility in the visa regime and wanted New Delhi to address the difference in overstay fine structures applied by the country.

As Thailand has introduced a deeper security screening of visa seekers following the Erawan Shrine bomb blast, issuing visas to Bangladeshis by the Thai embassy in Dhaka has been taking much longer than usual over the last couple of months.

The tourism industry has indeed become a major impetus to growth through its direct and indirect positives.