Department of Immigration and Passports

Established year 1973 reflects the promulgation of the Bangladesh Passport Order (President's Order No. 9, 8 February 1973), the founding legal instrument for the department. DG Major General Md. Nurul Anwar's exact appointment date was not found in primary sources; he was confirmed serving in January 2025 (BSS SMS service announcement) and as recently as the April 2026 anti-corruption crackdown (Dhaka Tribune). No successor appointment found as of verification date 2026-05-17. head_since is therefore null. staff_count and annual_budget_bdt are null because DIP-specific figures are not publicly disaggregated in available budget or HR documents; the Security Services Division envelope of Tk 4,038 crore within the MoHA FY2025-26 allocation of Tk 31,039 crore is the closest available figure. Parent division confirmed as Security Services Division (ssd.gov.bd), which oversees non-law-enforcement departments under MoHA, including DIP; this is distinct from the Public Security Division that oversees Bangladesh Police and BGB. MRP discontinuation: government set 31 December 2025 as the terminal date; Daily Sun and New Age reported e-passport and MRP operations were suspended in mid-2025 before the formal terminal date, consistent with a phased wind-down; embassy pages in Abu Dhabi and Washington confirm MRP reissue was in 'very limited scale' until that date. E-passport coverage: 65 missions in 144 countries, 1.4 million expatriates registered, confirmed by Dhaka Tribune (sourced from DIP). Three e-gates at HSIA confirmed by BSS. Henley Passport Index ranking of 100/106 (2025) confirmed by Dhaka Tribune and multiple corroborating outlets. All notable events cross-checked against minimum two primary sources except the MRP termination (single DIP-direction but corroborated by four embassy and news sources), and the anti-corruption crackdown (single Dhaka Tribune article with named officials and DG quote -- marked partial corroboration; ACC case filings not independently confirmed). Passport purge event_type set to 'scandal' reflecting external criticism flagged by South Asia Monitor; DIP itself treated it as a routine 'policy' action. Activity evidence hold: removed 2 exact generated refresh event(s) on read. Generated scores, positions, activity actions and verification stamps are unavailable. Retained events and unmatched action text require source review; original raw records are unchanged.