Bangladeshi nationals can obtain dual citizenship facility in 44 more countries.
Previously, the benefit of dual citizenship could be availed in 57 countries. With the addition of 44 new countries, Bangladeshis will get dual citizenship benefits across 101 countries.
A cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday (February 27) at the Prime Minister's Office approved the proposal to issue an SRO to this end.
The newly added countries are: Egypt, South Africa, Kenya, Algeria, Sudan, Morocco, Ghana, Rwanda, Burundi, Tunisia, Sierra Leone, Libya, Congo, Liberia, Central African Republic, Eritrea, Gambia, Botswana, Mauritius of Africa; Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Surinam, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Uruguay, Guyana of South America; Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Bahama, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Barbados, Saint Vincent and Grenadine, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis of the Caribbean region; and Fiji of Oceania.
