Plugs and voltage
Bangladesh uses Types C, D and G sockets; Types A and K are also found. Mains supply is 220 V at 50 Hz.
Many sockets are universal sockets that accept most plug types.
At 220 V, devices made only for 100–127 V (many American and Japanese hair dryers, curling irons and some shavers) will be damaged without a step-down converter. Chargers labelled “100–240V” work fine with just a plug adapter.
Money
৳ Bangladeshi Taka BDT
Average in 2025: 1 USD = 121.9 BDT (World Bank). No daily reference rate is published for this currency by the ECB; check a live rate before exchanging.
Price level 29 (US = 100, 2025)
Everyday household prices in Bangladesh are about 29% of US prices when converted at market exchange rates: cheaper than the median country (50). All countries
Language
- Banglaofficial98%
Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).
Time
Bangladesh is on UTC+6, with no daylight saving time.
Driving
Traffic in Bangladesh drives on the left, so the steering wheel is on the right. All left-driving countries
Public holidays in the next 12 months
18 national public holidays from 2 November 2026. Banks, offices and many shops close; regional holidays are not shown. Dates marked “estimated” follow a lunar calendar and can move by a day.
December 2026
- Victory Day
- Christmas Day
January 2027
- Mid-Sha'ban (estimated)
February 2027
- Martyrs' Day and International Mother Language Day
March 2027
- Jumu'atul-Wida (estimated)
- Laylat al-Qadr (estimated)
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
- Independence Day
April 2027
- Bengali New Year's Day
May 2027
- May Day
- Eid al-Adha (estimated)
- Eid al-Adha (estimated)
- Eid al-Adha (estimated)
June 2027
- Ashura (estimated)
August 2027
- July Mass Uprising Day
- Prophet's Birthday (estimated)
Travel advisories
United States · State Department
Level 2 Exercise increased caution
Read the full advisory. Checked 2026-11-02.
United Kingdom · FCDO
- FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country
Updated 2026-10-22. Read the full advice. Checked 2026-11-02.
Advisories are written for each government's own citizens and change without notice: read the original before you travel.
Other practical facts
- Calling code
- +880
- Internet domain
- .bd
- Measurement
- Metric
- Paper size
- A4
- Week starts on
- Sunday
- Read more
- Wikipedia
More in Southern Asia
Flag: Flag of Bangladesh.svg, Public domain. Arms: National emblem of Bangladesh.svg, Public domain. Electricity: resolved by intl.life from three sources, see methodology.
