DHAKA, June 24, 2019 (BSS) – Three electronic gates (e-gate) have been
installed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the city as the
government is going to launch e-passport within the next month.
“Distribution of e-passport will start on July 1. We installed three e-
gates in the HSIA on trial basis. The immigration officials were imparted
training on operating the e-passport gate,” Brigadier General Saidur Rahman
Khan, director of the Introduction of e-Passport, and Automated Border
Control Management Project, told newsmen today.
The e-gate, however, will be installed gradually at all the airports and
land ports across the country, he said.
According to Immigration and Passports Department sources, 50 e-gates will
be installed in Dhaka, Sylhet and Chattogram international airports and
Benapole and Banglabandha land ports.
Once the e-passport is launched, the immigration process will be easier
for the people, the sources said, adding that the passengers could not stand
in queue as the e-gate will be open automatically for the people having
verified and valid information.