India’s Indian Visa Application Centre (IVAC) at Jamuna Future Park in Dhaka closed abruptly on December 17, 2025, at 2 PM amid escalating security threats from extremist elements targeting Indian diplomatic missions, with all appointments rescheduled. The Ministry of External Affairs summoned Bangladesh High Commissioner Muhammad Riaz Hamidullah that day, urging the interim government to fulfill diplomatic obligations and counter anti-India rhetoric, including National Citizen Party leader Hasnat Abdullah’s inflammatory speeches on isolating India’s Northeast. On December 18, IVACs in Rajshahi and Khulna also shut due to ongoing protests near Indian facilities, while Dhaka’s centre partially resumed. From New Delhi’s strategic lens, these developments heighten risks of Islamist radicalization spillover, strain border security, and demand robust countermeasures to safeguard bilateral ties amid Dhaka’s instability.