No visa needed

Do citizens of the Maldives need a visa for Bangladesh?

Citizens of the Maldives 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 the Maldives: the passport opens 54 countries visa-free; Malé — Dhaka: ≈ 2,830 km, about 4 hours 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 Maldives passport?

Yes, citizens of the Maldives 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 Maldives passport you can visit 54 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 42 with an e-visa; 75 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Maldives passport ranks 101st of 199.
Maldives passport: visa-free access to 54 countries; Bangladesh passport: 16.
Citizens of the Maldives and Bangladesh can travel together visa-free to 16 countries, for example: Seychelles, Bhutan, Rwanda, Micronesia, Gambia, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Fiji, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Bahamas, and Haiti.
Citizens of Bangladesh, in turn, get a visa on arrival in the Maldives. Maldives visa for citizens of Bangladesh

Travelling to Bangladesh: good to know

Malé — Dhaka: about 2,830 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 4 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Malé 12:00 — Dhaka 13:00.
Local currency: Bangladeshi Taka.
Languages: Bangla.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ BDT 123.
Bangladesh is the 5th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of the Maldives.