Shawdesh Desk:

Bangladesh’s passport weakens further, with its position down by six notches in the latest edition of the Henley Passport Index, the pioneer ranking of all the world’s travel documents.

The passport holders of Bangladesh can travel to 41 out of 227 countries without a prior visa.

Bangladeshi passport is still the 11th weakest globally.

Currently, Bangladesh is at the 106th position alongside Lebanon and Sudan among 116 spots.

Bangladesh had ranked 100th in the second quarter edition published in April among 110 spots and was in 101st position in the first quarter edition.

Two Asian countries Japan and Singapore hold the top two spots in the index respectively, while Germany and South Korea share the third spot.

The latest edition of the index ranked passports of 199 nations based on the number of destinations their holders can travel to without a prior visa.