Bangladesh, July 3 -- The government has taken up a major reform to make the process of foreigners entering and leaving Bangladesh easier and more modern, launching work to revise the two-decade-old Visa Policy of 2006 into a framework suited to current times.

A high-level cabinet committee, headed by the finance minister, has been formed to refine and finalise the draft of the new policy prepared by the Ministry of Home Affairs. The ministry will provide secretarial support to the committee.

The committee was formed at the cabinet meeting on Thursday, the Cabinet Division said in a notification.

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