India has removed entry or exit restrictions on visas issued to Bangladeshi nationals, said a Foreign Ministry statement issued in Dhaka today.

“With removal of the restriction, now, any Bangladesh national having Indian visa with name of entry/exit point (air/road) will be able to enter and exit from India through any of the 24 international airports and two integrated check posts in India in addition to entry/exit point mentioned in the visa”, the statement read.

The International Airports include Ahmedabad, Amousi (Lucknow), Amritsar, Bagdogra, Bangalore, Calicut, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin; Coimbatore, Dabolim (Goa), Delhi, Gaya, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Mangalore, Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Trichy, Trivandrum and Varanasi.

The two integrated check posts are Benapole-Haridaspur and Darshana-Gede.

Previously, Bangladesh nationals could travel only through the ports indicated in the visa.