The Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi has stopped issuing visas citing “prevailing security situation”, a diplomatic source told The Hindu on Monday (December 22, 2025). Over the weekend, there were sharp exchanges between the two sides after a group of men came to the main gate of the Bangladesh mission here and shouted slogans. The Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs described the incident outside its High Commission as an “unjustifiable incident”. Subsequently, visa services were paused on multiple occasions though, according to officials, India had started issuing around 2,000 visas daily for Bangladeshis by November this year. Earlier, on Monday evening, the Assistant High Commission of Bangladesh in Agartala announced that “due to unavoidable circumstances all visa and consular services” at the mission would “remain closed” from Tuesday (December 23, 2025).

Source: The Hindu December 23, 2025 02:50 UTC