No visa needed

Do citizens of Bhutan need a visa for Bangladesh?

Citizens of Bhutan don’t need a visa for Bangladesh and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Bhutan: the passport opens 17 countries visa-free; Thimphu — Dhaka: ≈ 420 km, about 1 hour of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Bangladesh without a visa on a Bhutan passport?

Yes, citizens of Bhutan don’t need a visa for Bangladesh for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Bangladesh visa rules at a glance

With a Bhutan passport you can visit 17 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 55 with an e-visa; 97 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Bhutan passport ranks 177th of 199.
Bhutan passport: visa-free access to 17 countries; Bangladesh passport: 16.
Citizens of Bhutan and Bangladesh can travel together visa-free to 6 countries, for example: Seychelles, Micronesia, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Haiti.
Citizens of Bangladesh, in turn, don’t need a visa for Bhutan. Bhutan visa for citizens of Bangladesh

Travelling to Bangladesh: good to know

Thimphu — Dhaka: about 420 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1 hour.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Bangladeshi Taka.
Languages: Bangla.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ BDT 123.
Bangladesh is the 1st closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Bhutan.