‘Bangladeshi Passport except Israel’ re -presented in Bangladeshi Passport amid public anger over the situation of Gaza in Bangladeshi Passport

The interim government of Bangladesh announced on Sunday that it has re -presented the inscription “except Israel” on the passport of the country, formally stopping its citizens from traveling to the Jewish kingdom.
Bangladesh Home Ministry Deputy Secretary Neelima Afroz said, “We issued a letter to the Passport and Immigration Department on 7 April.” told State -run Bangladesh Sangbad Sangsta (BSS) news agency.
The statement “This passport is valid for all countries of the world except Israel” was removed from official travel documents in May 2021, which was during the tenure of the then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League government. In August last year, the government fell after Hasina’s resignation and came to India after the student -led protests against her.
The acting administration, headed by Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, took over on August 8, three days after Hasina was out.
The text ‘except Israel’ from Bangladeshi passport was left out?
According to the BSS, officials at that time had said that the purpose was “maintaining international standards of the document” and it was maintained that there would be “no changes” in the decades of Dhaka for Israeli for Israel.
However, after the text was removed, Bangladeshi citizens were allowed to travel from a third country to Israel if they could receive a visa.
Both countries do not have diplomatic relations. Dhaka supports an independent Palestine.
Why is it being re -presented?
The inscription has been brought back at a time when there is widespread anger in India’s eastern neighboring Indian military aggressive in the Gaza Strip of Palestine.
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On Saturday, thousands of protesters ralled the Palestinian flag in the capital Dhaka and raised slogans like “Free, Free Palestine”.
The main protest was held at the Suharrandi Udyan near the premiere Dhaka University. Several protesters “defeated” the images of US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party, as well as Islamic groups and other political parties expressed solidarity with the rally.