Bangladesh suspends visa services for Indians

23-Dec-2025

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The Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi suspended consular and visa services on Monday as relations between the two sides went into a free fall following the death of the country’s youth leader, Sharif Osman Hadi, sources told India Today TV.

On Dec 21, India suspended visa services at the Indian Visa Application Centre (IVAC) in Chattogram, a southeastern port city in Bangladesh, until further notice amid violence following the death of prominent youth leader Osman Hadi, who was one of the main figures in last year’s uprising that ousted Sheikh Hasina.

"Due to unavoidable circumstances, all consular & visa services from the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi are temporarily suspended until further notice," the Bangladesh mission stated.