Bangladesh: embassies, consulates & entry rules
- foreign missions here
- 51
- Consulates
- 15
- missions abroad
- 86
- Visa-free / Visa on arrival
- 164
Live & travel in Bangladesh
Monthly budget
$1,300/mo
Prices vs USA: 29%
Exchange rate
1 USD = 124.31 BDT
Internet access
53%
of people online
Air quality
69.3
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
Official languages
Bangla
Emergency
999
Plug types
Europlug, Type K, BS 1363
Calling code
+880
Estimate for a remote worker (rent + living) from World Bank price levels. Capitals can be higher. · US travel advisory: Jul 29, 2026
3.1
/ 5
embassly score
Sources: World Bank · NASA · U.S. State Dept
- Cost4.5
- Safety4.3
- Internet access2.0
- Air quality1.0
- Climate3.6
SOS · Bangladesh999Restaurants, cafés and dishes in BangladeshHaji biryani · Holey Artisan Bakery · Pithali · Chhanamukhi · Borhani · Thali · Kala Bhuna
Government consensus
Increased caution· 3 of 3 governments- United StatesIncreased caution· parts of the country
- United KingdomIncreased caution· parts of the country
- CanadaIncreased caution· parts of the country
Sources: official travel advice of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.
Upcoming public holidays
- Dec 17, 2026 · Victory Day
- Dec 26, 2026 · Christmas Day
- Feb 22, 2027 · Language Martyrs’ Day
- Mar 9, 2027 · End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)
- Mar 17, 2027 · Mujib’s Birthday & Children’s Day
- Mar 26, 2027 · Independence Day
- Apr 14, 2027 · Bengali New Year’s Day
- May 1, 2027 · May Day
Cities in Bangladesh
Traveller essentials · Bangladesh
- Emergency
- 999
- Calling code
- +880
- Currency
- BDT
- Plug types
- Europlug, K, BS 1363, NEMA 1-15, British and related types
- Drives on the
- left
- Capital
- Dhaka
- Time zone
- Asia/Dhaka
Foreign missions in Bangladesh
AfghanistanDhaka1ArgentinaDhaka1BhutanDhaka1BrazilDhaka1CanadaDhaka1ChinaDhaka1CzechiaDhaka1DenmarkDhaka1EgyptDhaka1FranceDhaka1GermanyDhaka1GreeceDhaka1IndiaDhaka, Chittagong4IndonesiaDhaka1ItalyDhaka1JapanDhaka1KosovoDhaka1LibyaDhaka1MalaysiaDhaka1MaldivesDhaka Division1MoroccoDhaka1MyanmarDhaka1NepalDhaka1NetherlandsDhaka1North KoreaDhaka1NorwayDhaka1OmanDhaka1PakistanDhaka1PalestineDhaka1PortugalDhaka1RussiaDhaka1RwandaChittagong1Saudi ArabiaDhaka1SingaporeDhaka2South KoreaDhaka1SpainDhaka1Sri LankaDhaka1SwedenDhaka1SwitzerlandDhaka1ThailandDhaka1TürkiyeDhaka1United Arab EmiratesDhaka1United KingdomDhaka, Sylhet2United StatesDhaka1Vatican CityDhaka1VietnamDhaka1
Bangladesh missions abroad
AlgeriaAlgiers1AustraliaCanberra1AustriaVienna1BahrainManama1BelgiumBrussels1BhutanThimphu1BrazilBrasília1BruneiBandar Seri Begawan1CanadaOttawa, Toronto2ChinaBeijing1EgyptCairo2EthiopiaAddis Ababa1FranceParis2GermanyBerlin, Bremen, Munich3GreeceAthens1IcelandReykjavík1IndiaNew Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata5IndonesiaJakarta1IranTehran1IraqBaghdad1ItalyRome, Milan2JamaicaKingston1JapanTokyo1JordanAmman1KenyaNairobi1KuwaitKuwait City1LebanonBeirut1LibyaTripoli1MalaysiaKuala Lumpur, Penang2MaldivesMalé1MauritiusPort Louis1MexicoMexico City1MoroccoRabat1MyanmarYangon1NepalKathmandu1Netherlands's-Gravenhage, Emmeloord2New ZealandWellington1OmanMuscat1PakistanIslamabad, Karachi3PhilippinesManila1PolandWarsaw, Myslowice, Silesian Voivodeship2PortugalLisbon1QatarDoha1RomaniaBucharest1RussiaMoscow1Saudi ArabiaRiyadh, Jeddah2SingaporeSingapore1South AfricaPretoria1South KoreaSeoul1SpainMadrid, Barcelona3Sri LankaColombo1SwedenStockholm1SwitzerlandGeneva2ThailandBangkok, Chiang Mai2TürkiyeAnkara, Istanbul, İzmir3United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi1United KingdomLondon, Birmingham, Manchester3United StatesWashington, D.C., New York City3UzbekistanTashkent1VietnamHanoi1
Who can enter Bangladesh without a visa?
Visa rules change often. Always confirm with the official embassy or government site before you travel.
Frequently asked questions
Embassies & consulates in Bangladesh?
51 missions, 46 countries.
Emergency: Bangladesh?
999
Who can enter Bangladesh without a visa?
164: Barbados, Bhutan, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, and Jamaica…