India’s envoy to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi assumes office, announces resumption of travel visas
India’s new High Commissioner to Dhaka Dinesh Trivedi on Thursday (June 25, 2026) announced the resumption of travel visas for Bangladesh nationals as he assumed
India’s new High Commissioner to Dhaka Dinesh Trivedi on Thursday (June 25, 2026) announced the resumption of travel visas for Bangladesh nationals as he assumed office. Earlier, the 76-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party leader presented his credentials to President Mohammed Shahabuddin, marking the start of his diplomatic assignment. He was named as the envoy to Bangladesh on April 27, becoming the first politician to serve in this position. The government has granted Mr. Trivedi the status equivalent to a Union Cabinet Minister, according to a government order. An order issued on Wednesday (June 24) by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said Mr. Trivedi “has been assigned the equivalent status of Union Cabinet Minister in the Table of Precedence (ToP) as a measure personal to him, without amending the Table of Precedence”.
“The position in Table of Precedence is for ceremonial functions only,” it said. Trivedi was appointed as India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh on April 27. “The new Indian High Commissioner has presented his credentials to the Honourable President, beginning his diplomatic assignment in Dhaka,” a Bangladesh presidential palace spokesman said. The spokesman said a contingent of the President Guard Regiment offered him a guard of honour before Mr. Trivedi presented his diplomatic papers. Shortly after the ceremony, Mr. Trivedi made his first public appearance at the Indian Visa Centre in Dhaka, where he announced the resumption of travel visas for Bangladeshi nationals. Halted two years ago The travel visas were halted nearly two years ago amid an escalated security situation and deteriorating ties with New Delhi during the Muhammad Yunus-led interim regime.
“I am very happy to be able to announce the launch of general travel visas again. Visa applications can be submitted starting June 28,” he said. Trivedi said visas would be issued from all five centres — Dhaka, Rajshahi, Chattogram, Sylhet, and Khulna — and the process would be expanded further in the future. The envoy said urgent medical visas would continue to be provided for humanitarian reasons. Travel visas for Bangladeshi nationals typically permit access to India for tourism, medical treatments, government and business assignments and transiting to third countries. Trivedi succeeded career diplomat Pranay Kumar Verma. He arrived in Bangladesh through its western Benapole-Petrapole land border on June 12.
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