UNB, Dhaka :
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said her government has planned to introduce ‘electronic passports’ to ensure safe and hassle-free foreign travels of people.
The Prime Minister said this while addressing a function after inaugurating the newly-constructed buildings of divisional passport and visa office as well as nine regional passport offices along with the Passport Service Week 2016 at the Department of Immigration and Passports at Agargaon in the capital.
She said, Biman Bangladesh Airlines has been asked to introduce e-ticketing since the Machine Readable Passports (MRPs) and Machine Readable Visas (MRVs) are already in use. “The e-ticketing is aimed at reducing harassment of passengers and corruption to a large extent.”
With the inaugurations of such office buildings, the people of those concerned areas need not to come to Dhaka as they will be able to get their passports from their respective areas, the Prime Minister said.
Recalling how she got passport back in 1969, Hasina said she had to take permission from Karachi for having a passport and had to
travel all the way to Karachi to collect it to go to Italy. “Now, we’ve got our own country, our own passports and thus travel abroad. This has been possible since Bangabandhu liberated this country.”
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said her government has planned to introduce ‘electronic passports’ to ensure safe and hassle-free foreign travels of people.
The Prime Minister said this while addressing a function after inaugurating the newly-constructed buildings of divisional passport and visa office as well as nine regional passport offices along with the Passport Service Week 2016 at the Department of Immigration and Passports at Agargaon in the capital.
She said, Biman Bangladesh Airlines has been asked to introduce e-ticketing since the Machine Readable Passports (MRPs) and Machine Readable Visas (MRVs) are already in use. “The e-ticketing is aimed at reducing harassment of passengers and corruption to a large extent.”
With the inaugurations of such office buildings, the people of those concerned areas need not to come to Dhaka as they will be able to get their passports from their respective areas, the Prime Minister said.
Recalling how she got passport back in 1969, Hasina said she had to take permission from Karachi for having a passport and had to
travel all the way to Karachi to collect it to go to Italy. “Now, we’ve got our own country, our own passports and thus travel abroad. This has been possible since Bangabandhu liberated this country.”
