Dhaka : The Bangladeshi passport again ranked as the ninth weakest worldwide.
The holder of a Bangladeshi passport can only travel to 41 out of 227 destinations globally without a prior visa, stated the third-quarter edition of the Henley Passport Index 2022.
Released on July 19, the index by Henley and Partners put Bangladesh at the 104th position among 112 spots.
The position remained the same for Bangladesh in the second-quarter edition of the index published in April 2022.
According to the index, among the 41 destinations that a Bangladeshi passport holder can travel to without a prior visa, 16 are in Africa, 11 in the Caribbean, seven in Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand), six in Asia, and one in South America.
Meanwhile, the Japanese passport continues to top the index as its holders are allowed to go to a record 193 destinations visa-free.