India, May 3 -- Over three months after it designated the Bangladesh posting as a "non-family" posting at the height of tensions between the two South Asian neighbours, India has redesignated the Bangladesh posting as a "family" posting for its officers posted in that country. The development is being seen as a precursor to the resumption of full visa services by Delhi in its missions in Dhaka and four other regions of Bangladesh, and comes days after Bangladesh Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman visited India.

Bangladesh was rocked by protests and massive anti-minority violence in the aftermath of the killing of student leader Osman Hadi in December last year. The Indian High Commission in Dhaka and the assistant high commission in Chitta...