Bangladesh ends police checks for passports
The Bangladesh government has decided that people will no longer need police verification to get a passport.
Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus announced the change at a meeting with government officials in Dhaka.
According to him, having a passport is a citizen’s right and questioned why police checks were needed when they are not required for birth certificates or national ID cards.
The decision comes after years of complaints about corruption and delays in the police verification process.
Local reports indicate that many people struggled to get their passports on time because of unnecessary checks and demands for extra payments.
By removing police verification, the government hopes to make the passport application process faster and easier for everyone.
