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Sri Lanka visa for citizens of Bangladesh

Citizens of Bangladesh get a Sri Lanka visa on arrival at passport control. You don’t apply in advance, but border officers check your passport, return ticket and accommodation. Visago checks your documents before you travel. It costs $19.

For citizens of Bangladesh: the passport opens 16 countries visa-free; Dhaka — Colombo: ≈ 2,180 km, about 3 hours of flying.

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

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Can I travel to Sri Lanka without a visa on a Bangladesh passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Bangladesh get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

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Sri Lanka 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; Sri Lanka passport: 18.
Citizens of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka can travel together visa-free to 12 countries, for example: Seychelles, Rwanda, Micronesia, Kiribati, Vanuatu, Gambia, Bahamas, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, and Grenada.
Citizens of Sri Lanka, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Bangladesh. Bangladesh visa for citizens of Sri Lanka

Travelling to Sri Lanka: good to know

Dhaka — Colombo: about 2,180 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −0.5 hours.
Local time: Dhaka 12:00 — Colombo 11:30.
Local currency: Sri Lankan Rupee.
Languages: Sinhala and Tamil.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ LKR 330.
Sri Lanka is the 10th closest of 195 destinations open to citizens of Bangladesh.