No visa needed

Do citizens of Bangladesh need a visa for Bhutan?

Citizens of Bangladesh don’t need a visa for Bhutan and can stay up to 14 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 Bangladesh: the passport opens 16 countries visa-free; Dhaka — Thimphu: ≈ 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: 14 days

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

Yes, citizens of Bangladesh don’t need a visa for Bhutan for up to 14 days. A valid passport is enough.

Bhutan visa rules at a glance

With a Bangladesh passport you can visit 16 countries visa-free, 14 with a visa on arrival and 55 with an e-visa; 111 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Bangladesh passport ranks 180th of 199.
Bangladesh passport: visa-free access to 16 countries; Bhutan passport: 17.
Citizens of Bangladesh and Bhutan can travel together visa-free to 6 countries, for example: Seychelles, Micronesia, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Haiti.
Citizens of Bhutan, in turn, don’t need a visa for Bangladesh. Bangladesh visa for citizens of Bhutan

Travelling to Bhutan: good to know

Dhaka — Thimphu: about 420 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1 hour.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Bhutanese Ngultrum and Indian Rupee.
Languages: Dzongkha.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ BTN 96.
Bhutan is the 1st closest of 195 destinations open to citizens of Bangladesh.