Bangladesh vehicle license plates
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. They are produced by Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory, located in Gazipur.[1] The current version of vehicle registration plates started in 1973, and the current digital number plates have been in use since 2012. 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". 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.
On October 31, 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.[2]
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 June 2020, the BRTA proposed it’s new idea of personalised number plates, where people can choose their own preferable number plates, with an extra fee, with the number 77-7777 being the most costly, being seven times more expensive than the usual registration cost.[3]
Format for Private and Commercial Vehicles
Part 1: Registration Region and Vehicle Class
License plates of Bangladesh are divided into two lines, the first of which displays the city in which the vehicle was registered in, followed by the vehicle's class displayed in bangla letters.
Part 2: Vehicle Class and Number Range
The second line of the license plate shows a six-digit registration number acting as a unique identifier for the vehicle. It consists of a two-digit vehicle registration class from a specific number range, followed by a registration number ranging from 0001 to 9999. In older, unupdated vehicles registered before the 1990s, the plate may not have a two-digit class number and instead may only have the registration number displayed.
The letters permitted in the vehicle registration plate are:
অ ই উ এ ক খ গ ঘ 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
White = Private service vehicle
Green = Public service vehicle
| Vehicle Usage Color
|
Vehicle Class Letter (Bangla)
|
BRTA Class Letter (English)
|
Vehicle Class Number Range
|
Type of Vehicle
|
| From
|
To
|
| White |
এ (ae)
|
A |
11 |
99 |
up to 100 cc |
Motorcycle– Cruiser, Sport, Touring, Standard, Dual-sport, Dirt bike, Scooter
|
| White |
হ (haw)
|
HA |
11 |
99 |
101 to 125 cc
|
| White |
ল (law)
|
LA |
11 |
99 |
126 to 165 cc
|
| White |
ক (kaw)
|
KA |
11 |
99 |
up to 1000 cc |
Motorcar– Sedan, Coupe Hatchback, Convertible, Station wagon, Sports car
|
| White |
খ (khaw)
|
KHA |
11 |
99 |
1001 to 1300 cc
|
| White |
গ (gaw)
|
GA |
11 |
99 |
1301 to 2000 cc
|
| White |
ভ (bhaw)
|
BHA |
11 |
99 |
above 2001 cc
|
| White |
ঘ (ghaw)
|
GHA |
11 |
99 |
SUV, Crossover
|
| White |
চ (chaw)
|
CHA |
11 |
50 |
Microbus, MPV
|
| White |
51 |
99
|
| Green |
প (paw)
|
PA |
11 |
99 |
Taxicab
|
| Green |
ছ (chhaw)
|
CAA |
11 |
70 |
Human hauler
|
| White |
71 |
99 |
Ambulance
|
| Green |
জ (borka-jaw)
|
JA |
11 |
99 |
Minibus
|
| White |
ঝ (jaw)
|
JHA |
11 |
99 |
Coach bus
|
| Green |
ব (baw)
|
BA |
11 |
99 |
Inter-city & Inter-district bus– Double-decker, Single-decker, Articulated bus
|
| White |
স (donta-shaw)
|
SA |
11 |
99 |
School bus, College bus
|
| Green |
ত (taw)
|
TWA |
11 |
99 |
Mishuk |
Auto rickshaws
|
| Green |
থ (thaw)
|
TAW |
11 |
99 |
Baby taxi, CNG
|
| White |
দ (daw)
|
DWA |
11 |
99
|
| Green |
ফ (faw)
|
FA |
11 |
99 |
Auto tempo
|
| White |
ঠ (t'haw)
|
THA |
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 (maw)
|
MA |
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 (donta-naw)
|
NA |
11 |
99
|
| White |
অ (shorey-aw)
|
AU |
11 |
99 |
3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
|
| Green |
ড (d'aw)
|
DA |
11 |
99
|
| White |
উ
|
U |
11 |
99 |
7.5 to 22 tonnes
|
| Green |
ট (t'aw)
|
TA |
11 |
99
|
| White |
ঢ (d'haw)
|
DHA |
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 (talibo-sshaw)
|
SHA |
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 (rossho-ee)
|
E |
11 |
60 |
Agricultural vehicle – power tiller, tractor
|
| White |
61 |
99 |
–
|
| White |
য (ontosto-jaw)
|
N/A |
Prime Minister's office (any vehicle)
|
| White |
র (boye shunno-raw) |
President's office (any vehicle)
|
