Time-zone spread
Bangladesh is modeled as a single-zone country on this page, so the main planning risk is not internal time spread but coordination with DST-observing countries elsewhere.
Largest indexed cluster: Asia/Dhaka · 4 cities.
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Country time hub
Bangladesh has 1 time zone.
Last updated recently. Country-level time references, currency snapshots, nearby airports, and next-holiday context refresh on the daily page update window.
What time is it in Bangladesh
It's currently 3:29 AM GMT+6 in Bangladesh, which is UTC+06:00. Bangladesh does not observe daylight saving time.
Primary timezone
Asia/Dhaka
Indexed cities
4
Next holiday
July Mass Uprising Day
August 5, 2026
Airport pages
2
Operational country read
This page is classified as a compact country time hub. It combines city coverage, time-zone spread, holiday signals, airport links, and reference-market overlap so users can decide whether to open a city page, a meeting planner, or a travel page next.
Time-zone spread
Bangladesh is modeled as a single-zone country on this page, so the main planning risk is not internal time spread but coordination with DST-observing countries elsewhere.
Largest indexed cluster: Asia/Dhaka · 4 cities.
Reference-market overlap
Bangladesh is outside shared business hours for the sampled reference markets right now, so meeting planning should start from the city compare or meeting-planner tools rather than a cold call.
Snapshot uses 8 reference market clocks against Asia/Dhaka.
Planning next step
Bangladesh has an airport-country page, so travel planning can move from national time context into arrival-city and airport-zone details.
Country evidence
Practical use cases
Trust boundaries
Updated 2026-05-22 · ECB rates
Code
Bangladeshi Taka
Live ECB rate not available for this currency.
Conversion rates aren’t published for this currency by the ECB. The local code is shown for reference.
These blocks make the country hub useful for real planning in Bangladesh, not just as a timezone index.
Bangladesh time searches often overlap with Ramadan, Eid, and daily prayer timing, so Dhaka pages need to explain more than a raw UTC offset.
Bangladesh is especially useful as a South Asia handoff market between Europe, the Gulf, and parts of APAC.
Bangladesh keeps a stable civil-time policy, which makes the country a good candidate for clean, evergreen timezone education.
Bangladesh, the world's 8th most populous country with roughly 172 million people and a GDP near USD 450 billion, is one of South Asia's fastest-growing economies, powered by a Ready-Made Garment sector that ranks #2 globally after China (about 12% of world apparel exports) and a Nobel-recognized microfinance tradition built by Grameen Bank. Civil time is Bangladesh Standard Time (Asia/Dhaka, UTC+6) with no DST and a single nationwide timezone; the local 'BST' abbreviation collides with British Summer Time, a persistent source of search confusion this page disambiguates. The parliamentary republic is led by PM Tarique Rahman (BNP-led alliance), sworn in 17 February 2026 after the 12 February 2026 election ended Muhammad Yunus's interim government, installed in August 2024 after Sheikh Hasina's resignation. The Dhaka Stock Exchange anchors capital markets; LDC graduation is scheduled for 2026, while the Bay of Bengal delta remains acutely exposed to cyclones and sea-level rise.
Sources
Last verified 2026-05-23 (manual).
Capital
Dhaka
Population
169,828,911
Area
147,570 km²
Languages
Bengali
Currencies
BDT
Indexed cities
4
Indexed airports
2
Next public holiday
August 5, 2026
Bangladesh is one of the country intelligence hubs in WorldClockTools, so this page combines live timezone structure, major city clocks, holidays, airports, and same-day planning signals instead of stopping at a flat country index.
Bangladesh currently spans 1 curated timezone. It sits in the Southern Asia subregion. The wider region is Asia.
Tue, Jun 2
Chattogram
03:29 AM
Asia/Dhaka
Tue, Jun 2
Dhaka
03:29 AM
Asia/Dhaka
Tue, Jun 2
Gazipur
03:29 AM
Asia/Dhaka
Tue, Jun 2
Khulna
03:29 AM
Asia/Dhaka
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
| Reference market | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 10:29 PM | -5h | Plan around office hours |
| New York | 05:29 PM | -10h | Plan around office hours |
| Los Angeles | 02:29 PM | -13h | Plan around office hours |
| Dubai | 01:29 AM | -2h | Plan around office hours |
| Singapore | 05:29 AM | +2h | Plan around office hours |
| Tokyo | 06:29 AM | +3h | Plan around office hours |
| Sydney | 07:29 AM | +4h | Plan around office hours |
| São Paulo | 06:29 PM | -9h | Plan around office hours |
Reference fields include Bangladesh: ISO code, canonical slug, timezone roster, indexed cities, airport rows, next holiday, currency/language hints, reference-market overlap, and country-specific planning text.
Country time hubs work best when they connect to the deeper city, airport, compare, and market route families.
Public holidays in Bangladesh
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Airports in Bangladesh
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Market hours
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