How to Call Bangladesh From the US: Complete Guide (+880)

How to Dial Bangladesh From the US

Bangladesh uses the country code +880. With over 200,000 Bangladeshi-Americans in the US — primarily in New York City, Detroit, and Los Angeles — and millions of Bangladeshi workers abroad who stay connected with family, calls to Bangladesh are frequent.

Dialling Format

From a US phone: 011 + 880 + area code (without leading 0) + local number

From a mobile with + dialling: +880 + area code (without leading 0) + local number

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Bangladeshi numbers start with 0 locally. Drop the leading 0 when calling from the US. Dhaka is 02 locally, becoming 880 2 from abroad.

Example Calls

Bangladeshi Mobile Carriers

Bangladesh is overwhelmingly a mobile-first country. Over 95% of calls will be to mobile numbers. The major carriers and their prefixes:

Grameenphone (a Telenor subsidiary) dominates the market. If you are not sure of the carrier, numbers starting with 017 are almost certainly Grameenphone.

Cost Comparison

A weekly 30-minute call to Bangladesh at carrier rates costs $300-600/month. BubblyPhone drops that to $1.20/month. Even Google Voice at $0.04/min costs $4.80/month for the same calls.