.com.bd is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Bangladesh. It is administered by the Ministry of Post & Telecommunications of Bangladesh by BTTB (Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board).
Any person / organization from all over the world can apply for registration of domain with DOT BD and it takes 4 working days to active the domain upon submitting order. DOT BD Domain can be registered initially for one year and subsequently renewable for further periods of one year. We ancourage to submit order for minimum 2 years. It is very easy, no paper or authorization is required to register a domain in Bangladesh.
It is a great opportunity to open a new market in Bangladesh by registering your DOT BD domain name.
Registrations are at the third level beneath several second-level labels (com, edu, ac, net, gov, org, and mil), paralleling the oldest gTLDs; registration is open except in the gov and mil subdomains, which are limited to authorized entities in the Bangladesh government but some generic names are barred from registration.
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Rules (may change without notice)
com.bd No restriction usually means that a foreign company or person can register any and as many domain names as they require.
Sponsor
Ministry of Post & Telecommunications Bangladesh Secretariat
Dhaka 1000
Bangladesh
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS>>. bd Country Code Top Level Domain
1. What is a top level domain?
Top level domain is the rightmost part of a domain name. For example, com, edu, net, org, gov, mil, int are some of the most commonly used top level domains.
2. Who assigns these top level domains?
Top level domains are assigned by the "Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" (ICANN). It is a non-profit corporation formed to assume responsibility for the IP address space allocation, protocol parameter assignment, domain name system management, and root server system management. Previously this task was assigned to IANA (Internet assigned number authority).
3. What is a ccTLD (Country code top level domain)?
A top level domain is assigned for every country to represent the country in the Internet world. For example .uk, .jp , .bd , .au are the ccTLD of United Kingdom, Japan, Bangladesh and Australia respectively. [ccTLD list] . A two letter country code specified by the ISO 3166-1 standard is used for this purpose.
4. Where can I get the application form?
You can get the application form from the above table.
5. Who controls the .bd domain?
Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, is the sponsoring organisation of .bd ccTLD. Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board have been delegated to maintain the registration service.
6. How can I register a domain under .bd?
Prescribed Application Form and a .bd Agreement must be filled up, signed and sent to Sales ::
on behalf of you XeonBD will process the rest of the formality.
7. Where can I get the application form?
You can get the application form from the above table.
8. Can I apply online?
No, not for the real time being but you can place your order at online.
9. What are the charges?
Registration fee with Service charge for minimum 2 year registration BDT 2500 or $ 50.
10. Can I register a domain directly under .bd?
No, a domain directly under .bd is not allowed. For example "abc.bd" for a certain company "abc" is not allowed. But a domain of the form "abc.com.bd" or "abc.net.bd" is valid.
11. What are the available .bd sub domains?
Presently com, edu, ac, net, gov, org, mil sub domains are available. But "gov" and "mil" sub domains are reserved for "Government" and “Defense" organizations respectively. Registration of domains under such domains should be initiated by appropriate authority.
12. Is there any restriction in domain name selection?
You can select any name other than generic terms, name of professions, services, products, sports etc. as a domain name. For example, "Doctor", "Lawyer", "Rice", "School" etc. are not acceptable. Any domain name offending our social practices, culture, religions, and respected personalities will not be accepted.
13. Do I get a free IP with domain registration?
No, providing IP is not relevant to domain registration service. Its inclued with XeonBD hosting service.
14. What is the technical information that I must provide to activate the domain?
To activate the domain name, you must provide the Names and IP addresses of Primary and Secondary Domain Name Server.
15. What will happen if I do not provide technical information?
In that case the domain name will be reserved for you but it will be inoperative.
16. How can I check that the information I provided were entered properly?
Network utility tools like "nslookup" or "dig" can be used for this purpose, making .bd Domain name server "dns.bd" as the default server.
17. How can I change the registered domain related information (DNS name, IP)?
Changes in information should be conveyed to ::
and additional BDT 500 or$ 20 will charge every time in case of that.
18. Why do I have to mention "Administrative contact" and "Technical contact”?
It is a general practice to separate two types of activities associated with the control of a domain. "Administrative contact" is the ultimate authority of a domain. "Technical contact" deals with the technical aspects of that domain.
29. Who should be the administrative and technical contacts of the domain?
Administrative contact must be from the registrant organisation. Technical contact may be anybody authorised by the registrant.
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