Travel to BANGLADESH

How to Reach

Bangladesh can be reached by air from any part of the world. Biman Bangladesh Airlines connects Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet with 26 major cities of the world. International carriers like British Airways, Thai Airways, Saudia, Kuwait Airways, Singapore Airlines, Pakistan international Airways, Cathay Pacific, Indian Airlines, Emirates, Gulf Air, Druk Air, Aeroflot, Myanmar Airways, Royal Nepal Airlines, Uzbek Airways, Qatar Airways, Oman Air, Srilanka Air and Malaysian Airlines fly to and from Dhaka. For further details please contact Bangladesh Biman, Dhaka (Phone: 880-2-9560151-81, 8917400) and also contact concerned airline offices.

Airport Embarkation Fee

Taka 300.00 per person per journey abroad. Children under 2 years and passengers in transit the same day by the first availabl aircraft are exempted. For domestic flights the rate of airport tax is Taka 25,00. In addition, Bangladesh national traveling abroad are required to pay Travel Tax of Taka 1800.00 for North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Australia and Far East Countries; Taka 600.00 for SAARC member countries and Taka 1300.00 for the remaining countries. Tax on air ticket for domestic journey is Taka, 50.00.

Customs

Tourist can bring in free of duty personal wearing apparel and other personal effects exclusively meant for their own use including jewellery worth Taka 3000.00 and gift items worth Taka 500.00.

Baggage Rules

Non-tourist passenger (including) Baggage Rules amended up to 13th November 1994 is as follows:

Any item brought as baggage, but not falling in the category of personal and household effects is subject to the payment of customs duty, value-added tax and supplementary duty.

Any passenger arriving by air or see carrying with him handbag, cabin bags. Or two suitcases up to 32 inches in length or two cartoons, bags or sacks weighting not exceeding 65kg irrespective of size containing personal and household effects shall be exempted from customs, value added and supplementary taxes. Personal and household effects brought in suitcases in excess of the allotted two suitcases are subject to the payment of customs duty, value added and supplementary duty. However, books, magazines and educational items if brought in a third suitcase can also be cleared duty-free.

Any item brought as baggage in commercial quantity is subject to payment of customs duty, value added tax and supplementary duty.Bangladesh citizens are not permitted to import alcohol or alcoholic beverage and cigarette as baggage. But only foreign national can import one bottle or up to 1/6 gallon of spirituous beverages that is spirits, wines, beer and 200 sticks of cigarettes without customs duty.

A Bangladesh citizen residing abroad providing he submits a personal undertaking that the microcomputer will be re-exported within three months can import a microcomputer on returnable basis.

A passenger may import as baggage some items on payment of fixed amount as customs duty value added tax and supplementary duty.