International, Defence and Summits · 29 June 2026
India Resumes Tourist Visas for Bangladeshi Nationals from 28 June 2026
Exam-focused facts from the 29 June 2026 current affairs briefing.
Key facts
- India will resume the issuance of tourist visas to Bangladeshi nationals starting from 28 June 2026.
- Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Dinesh Trivedi, announced the decision during a visit to the Indian Visa Application Centre (IVAC).
- The announcement was made at the IVAC facility located at Jamuna Future Park in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- The resumption comes nearly two years after visa operations were scaled down following attacks on Indian diplomatic establishments in Bangladesh.
- The decision is a major step aimed at restoring normal people-to-people exchanges between the two nations.