This electronic microprocessor chip embedded e-passport has forty-one different security features, including holographic images embossed in thin-film laminate, which change colour under light and appear to move.

This information includes the fingerprints of all ten fingers of the passport holder; the iris scan of both eyes; a color photograph of the face of the bearer; their digital signature; etc.

The cover of the passport is made of a tough and tear resistant textile material that is highly impervious to chemicals, sweat, damp and heat.

It is aesthetically designed with all the blank visa pages of the passport covered in images of important historical landmarks and buildings of Bangladesh, as well as popular Bangladeshi tourist attractions, with their names written in both Bengali and English.

However, all traditional handwritten passports were honored as bona fide Bangladesh government-issued travel documents until their expiration date.

In 2016, the Government of Bangladesh, led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, announced new plans to issue e-passports.

The then Home Minister hoped this would ease immigration, travel and visa procedures for Bangladeshi passport holders.

[13] The new Bangladeshi e-passport is provided in collaboration with a German company along with multiple e-gates at all major ports of entry.

However, all machine-readable passports are bona fide and valid travel documents until the expiry date written in them.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the distribution of e-passports at an event in the capital's Bangabandhu International Conference Centre on Wednesday, 22 January 2020.

The country has taken another significant step in its digital transformation with the much-anticipated launch of the electronic passports or e-passports under the astute leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

[18] The inside cover contains the date and place of issuance of the passport as well as the declaration of the President, addressing the authorities of all other states, identifying the bearer as a citizen of the People's Republic of Bangladesh and requesting that he or she be allowed to pass without hindrance and be treated as per international law.

The new modified statement now reads "This passport is valid for all countries of the world" and this change was implemented to bring the e-passport in line with international standards as well as ICAO rules and regulations.

[23] Inside the back cover of the e-passport an embossed image of the Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban, National Parliament of Bangladesh, is displayed with a quotation in English by Louis I Kahn, who is the architect of the complex.

[25] Previously, Bangladeshi passports were not valid for travel to Taiwan, Rhodesia, South Africa and Israel but that has long changed.