Vehicle registration plates of Bangladesh

In Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) issues vehicle registration plates for motor vehicles. The vehicle registration plates in Bangladesh use the Bengali alphabet and Bengali numerals. The current version of vehicle registration plates started in 1973. The international vehicle registration code for Bangladesh is BD.

The general format of vehicle registration plates in Bangladesh is "city - vehicle class letter and number - vehicle number". For example, : "DHAKA-D-11-9999""111" . The "DHAKA" field represents the city name in Bengali letters, the "D" field represents the vehicle class in Bengali letters, the "11" field represents the vehicle class in Bengali numerals and the "9999" field represents the vehicle number of the vehicle in Bengali numerals.

The plates are installed in both the front and rear of the vehicle, with the rear plate permanently attached to the vehicle. The plate is only removed when the vehicle has reached the end of service and has been sold for scrap. New vehicles are not delivered to the purchaser until the plates have been attached at the dealership.

Starting from October 2012, the BRTA started the Digital Number Plate project, where they would start to issue new standardized retro-reflective plates with embossed characters, along with an RFID chip attached to it for tracking. Private vehicles would have black characters on a white background, while commercial vehicles would use black characters on a green background.

Previously, private vehicles would have white characters on a black background, and commercial vehicles would have black characters on a white background, and the characters were sometimes painted on by hand.

In 2020, the BRTA proposed it’s new idea of personalised number plates, where people can choose their own preferable number plates for a high price.

Appearance

Vehicle types
Type	Example	Description
Private	ঢাকা মেট্রো-গ ১১-৯৯৯৯	ঢাকা = Dhaka (city name), গ = registration letter "Ga" (vehicle class), ১১ = registration number "11" (vehicle class), ৯৯৯৯ = vehicle number "9999" (vehicle serial)
Commercial	ঢাকা মেট্রো-প ১১-৯৯৯৯
Diplomatic	সাস-১১১১
Army	↑ ১১১১১১১

The letters permitted in the vehicle registration plate are:

অ ই উ এ ক খ গ ঘ ঙ চ ছ জ ঝ ত থ ঢ ড ট ঠ দ ধ ন প ফ ব ভ ম য র ল শ স হ

The numerals permitted in the vehicle registration plate are:

০ ১ ২ ৩ ৪ ৫ ৬ ৭ ৮ ৯

Transportation offices and markings

Vehicle class letter numbers

 White  = Private service vehicle
 Green  = Public service vehicle

The color representing vehicle usage	The letter representing vehicle class	The number range		Type of vehicle
		From	To
White	এ	11	99	up to 100 cc	Motorcycle– Cruiser, Sport, Touring, Standard, Dual-sport, Dirt bike, Scooter
White	হ	11	99	101 to 125 cc
White	ল	11	99	126 to 165 cc
White	ক	11	99	up to 1000 cc	Motorcar– Sedan, Coupe Hatchback, Convertible, Station wagon, Sports car
White	খ	11	99	1001 to 1300 cc
White	গ	11	99	1301 to 2000 cc
White	ভ	11	99	above 2001 cc
White	ঘ	11	99	SUV, Crossover
White	চ	11	50	Microbus, MPV
White		51	99	–
Green	প	11	99	Taxicab
Green	ছ	11	70	Human hauler
White		71	99	Ambulance
Green	জ	11	99	Minibus
White	ঝ	11	99	Coach bus
Green	ব	11	99	Inter-city & Inter-district bus– Double-decker, Single-decker, Articulated bus
White	স	11	99	School bus, College bus
Green	ত	11	99	Mishuk	Auto rickshaws
Green	থ	11	99	Baby taxi, CNG
White	দ	11	99
Green	ফ	11	99	Auto tempo
White	ঠ	11	99	Dual-purpose vehicle– pick-up with double cabin, pick-up with single cabin, Panel van, passenger van, prison van, security van, standard van, troop carriage, panel van
White	ম	51	99	up to 2.5 tonnes	Delivery van, Mini-truck
White		11	50	up to 3.5 tonnes	Truck– Cargo truck (closed or open), Tipper/Dump truck, Cargo van, Covered van, Flatbed truck, Low-bed truck, Bottle carrier, Pole carrier, Demountable truck, Rigid truck
Green	ন	11	99
White	অ	11	99	3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
Green	ড	11	99
White	উ	11	99	7.5 to 22 tonnes
Green	ট	11	99
White	ঢ	11	40	Private articulated vehicle
Green		41	60	Oil tanker, Water tanker
White		61	80	Semi-trailer truck– Flatbed, Lowbed, Container chassis, Gas tanker
Green		81	99
White	শ	11	99	Special purpose vehicle– Concrete mixer/pumper, Cement bulker, Constructional truck, Freezer van, Tow truck, Boom truck, Mobile crane, Garbage truck, Streetcleaner, crash tender, earth digger/remover, foam tender, forklift, grander, hearse, invalid carriage, ladder carrier, payloader, refuse vehicle, Small tanker
White	ই	11	60	Agricultural vehicle – power tiller, tractor
White		61	99	–
White	য	11	99	Prime Minister's office (any vehicle)
White	র	11	99	President's office (any vehicle)