E-passport online portal unavailable till 8pm
The e-passport online portal will be unavailable until 8pm Sunday (7 May) due to technical issues.
The information was revealed through a government text message today.
Bangladesh launched electronic passports, or e-passports, in the beginning of 2020 to complete the whole process of immigration formalities online as the first country in South Asia and 119th in the world.
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the e-passport programme in 2020 as a 'Mujib Barsha' gift.
Since January 2020, citizens have been able to schedule online appointments for enrollment, which allows them to avoid long delays. More than half a million citizens have applied for e-passports via the online portal.
