TDS Desk:

Bangladeshi passport remains one of the weakest in the world although the country rose by four notches to 93rd out of 99 positions in the latest edition of UK-based Henley & Partners’ Global Passport Rankings.

The ranking of Bangladesh was 97th in the previous rankings of the Henley & Partners.

Henley & Partners uses exclusive data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to make the ranking.

According to the Henley Passport Index, a Bangladeshi passport entitles visa-free travel to 39 destinations. Passport holders from Bangladesh can travel without first obtaining a visa are:

Bahamas, Barbados, Bhutan, Bolivia, British Virgin Islands, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde Islands, Comoro Islands, Cook Islands, Djibouti, Dominica, Fiji, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Maldives, Micronesia, Montserrat, Mozambique, Nepal, Niue, Rwanda, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, The Gambia, Timor-Leste, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.