Dhaka, April 21 -- Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam on Monday urged the European Union (EU) to open a visa centre in Dhaka for citizens seeking visas to EU countries that currently do not issue them from Bangladesh.

The adviser made the request during a meeting with EU Ambassador to Bangladesh Michael Miller at the latter's office in the Ministry of Home Affairs, reports UNB.

The meeting discussed several issues, including law and order, the Rohingya crisis, migration, human trafficking and smuggling, and ongoing reform initiatives in Bangladesh.

Jahangir said Bangladesh is a major manpower-exporting country to the EU and that many Bangladeshis regularly travel to EU nations for business, education, healthcare, touri...