Current time in Dhaka

Bangladesh · UTC+6

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Asia/Dhaka

UTC offset

UTC+6

Daylight Saving

No — not observed

Time zone ID

Asia/Dhaka

Business hours

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM BST (Sunday–Thursday)

About Dhaka's time zone

Dhaka follows Bangladesh Standard Time (BST, UTC+6) year-round. Bangladesh briefly observed daylight saving time in 2009 but abandoned it after just one year due to widespread confusion and technical difficulties with updating clocks in a country with limited digital infrastructure at the time. BST puts Dhaka 6 hours ahead of London and 11 hours ahead of New York. Dhaka is the world's most densely populated city, home to over 21 million people.

Best time to call Dhaka

Calling from	Recommended window
London	3:00 AM – 12:00 PM GMT
Dubai	8:00 AM – 5:00 PM GST
Singapore	1:00 PM – 10:00 PM SGT
New York	10:00 PM – 7:00 AM ET

Did you know? Bangladesh's garment industry, which manufactures for global brands like H&M, Zara, and Gap, operates across time zones in a fascinating way. Factory orders come from Europe and North America on Western time, are processed in Dhaka on BST, and use yarn and fabric from China (UTC+8) — meaning every garment produced crosses at least 3 time zones before reaching a store shelf.

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