Dialing Instructions for placing long distance international calls to Bangladesh from abroad:

1) Find the lowest telephone call rate for Bangladesh, from the Telephone Call Charges Sheet.

2) Dial the International Dial out code of your country (eg: from UK - 00)

    00 + 880 + City Area Code + Local number

If you need to make a call from Bangladesh you will need to dial bangladesh-exit-code (eg: bangladesh-exit-code 44 for UK).

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The current date and time in Dhaka, Bangladesh can be found at Time in Dhaka.

Bangladesh’s standard time is 6 Hours away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

Bangladesh does not utilise Daylight Time Saving.

Telephone area codes in Bangladesh are also known as Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs). It used to be known as STD codes in Bangladesh.

These phone area codes are necessary only when calling from outside the telephone code area. However it is a must when making a phone calls from the mobile phones.

Phone area codes or city codes in Bangladesh frequently signify geographical areas within Bangladesh that can be covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Bangladesh is frequently preceded in the dial string by the Bangladeshi country code or the international access code for Bangladesh ("880").

Phone Area codes in Bangladesh can be quoted together with the country access code for Bangladesh.