Bangladesh’s Country Codes
- Telephone: +880
- 2 Letter: BD
- 3 Letter: BGD
- ISO 3116-1 Numeric: 050
- Internet TLD: .bd
- ICAO Airport Code: VG
- Maritime Identification Digits: 405
- Emoji Flag: U+1F1E7 U+1F1E9
- Official Name: The People’s Republic of Bangladesh
How to call Bangladesh (international dialing)
- Do not include a leading ‘0’ in the international call sequence – it is only used in Bangladesh for domestic long distance calls and domestic calls to a mobile phone.
- A leading '+' in the phone number means 'dial your country's exit code'.
- Calling from a mobile phone: dial from on the country where you're currently located.
- Calling from a VoIP or satellite phone: dial from on the country where the phone is registered.
… to a mobile (cellular) phone or text (SMS)
Use the same call sequence.
Mobile phone use two digits carrier codes (similar to area codes) starting with ‘1’.
When calling a mobile phone user, call to the country where the mobile phone is registered, regardless of where the person is currently roaming.
… to a VoIP phone
Use the same call sequence.
VoIP phone numbers use four-digit carrier codes starting with ’96’.
When calling a VoIP phone user, call to the country where the VoIP phone is registered, regardless of where the person is currently roaming.
… to a satellite phone
Bangladesh does not have a country-specific satellite phone system.
Most satellite phones operate on their country code – calls to these satellite phones follow their call sequence.
… sending a fax
Use the same call sequence.
How to call within Bangladesh (domestic dialing)
‘0’ is used as a trunk prefix when calling to a different area code or a mobile phone in Bangladesh.
Local calling (within the same area code)
Dial only the local phone number. Do not dial the trunk prefix ‘0’ or the area code.
| seven to nine digits |
| local phone number |
Long distance calling (to a different area code, or from a mobile phone)
Dial the trunk prefix ‘0’, then the area code, then the local phone number.
| 0 | one to three digits | seven to nine digits |
| trunk prefix | area code | local phone number |
Mobile calling (to a mobile phone)
Dial the trunk prefix ‘0’, then the carrier code, then the local phone number.
| 0 | two digits | eight digits |
| trunk prefix | area code | subscriber number |
Bangladeshi phone numbers explained
Number details
For landline (fixed line) phones, the first one to three digits represent the area (geographic) code.
Mobile numbers being with ‘1’ and have a two-digit carrier code (that identifies the service provider of the mobile phone number), followed by an eight-digit subscriber number
An example of a Bangladeshi phone number
The Bangladesh National Museum lists its phone number in as 2-8619319.
Number explanation
| 880 | 2 | 8619396 9 |
| country code for Bangladesh | area (geographic) code for Dhaka | remainder of the phone number |
Local example – calling from another location in Dhaka
Dial only the local phone number. Do not dial the trunk prefix ‘0’ or the area code.
| 8619396 9 |
| local phone number in Dhaka |
Long distance example – calling from Chittagong, Bangladesh (on the other side of the country)
Dial the trunk prefix ‘0’, then the area code, then the local phone number.
| 0 | 2 | 8619396 9 |
| trunk prefix | area (geographic) code for Dhaka | remainder of the phone number |
Mobile phone example – calling from a mobile phone (including a foreign mobile phone roaming in Bangladesh)
Dial the trunk prefix ‘0’, then the area code, then the local phone number.
| 0 | 2 | 8619396 9 |
| trunk prefix | area (geographic) code for Dhaka | remainder of the phone number |
International example -calling from outside Bangladesh
To call from outside Bangladesh, dial the exit code of the country the call is dialed from, followed by Bangladesh’s country code of ‘880’, followed by the local phone number.
Do not include a leading ‘0’ in the call when calling from outside Bangladesh.
| exit code | 880 | 2 | 8619396 9 |
| exit code of the country the call is dialed from | country code for Bangladesh | area (geographic) code for Dhaka | remainder of the phone number |
How to call from Bangladesh
’00’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international phone call from Bangladesh.
Sources and more resources
- Bangladesh National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission – Bangladesh’s telephone systems regulator.
- ITU (International Telecommunications Union) – United Nations specialized agency for information and communications technologies.
- International Telecommunications Union – DIALLING PROCEDURES (INTERNATIONAL PREFIX, NATIONAL (TRUNK) PREFIX AND NATIONAL (SIGNIFICANT) NUMBER) (IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITU-T RECOMMENDATION E.164 (11/2010)) – A A collection of dialing procedures for all countries and regions of the world. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- International Telecommunications Union – Bangladesh (country code +880) National Numbering Plan – Details of Bangladesh’s telephone numbering plan as submitted to the ITU. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- Wikipedia – Telephone numbers in Bangladesh – Wikipedia entry for telephone number data for Bangladesh. Includes specific number ranges for each city as well as detail on calling procedures.
- BT – The Phonebook – Bangladesh – entry for Bangladesh in the British Telecom international directory.