.bd is the Internet
country code
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top-level domain
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ccTLD
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Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia
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. It is administered by the
Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology. Registrations are at the third level beneath several second-level labels, paralleling the oldest
gTLDs; registration is open except in the gov and mil subdomains, which are limited to authorized entities in the Bangladesh government. Though online registration facility available for .bd domains, but not directly. It should follow the structure like - example.com.bd, example.net.bd. example.ac.bd etc.
.বাংলা ("Bangla") is a second country code top-level domain that was granted to Bangladesh in 2011. This domain is meant for web addresses in the
Bengali language
Bengali ( ), generally known by its endonym Bangla (, ), is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Bengal region of South Asia
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Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geogr ...
.
Though .bd domain was introduced on 20 May 1999, the Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) started registering for generals in 2003. Similarly, .বাংলা domain was introduced in 2011, the BTCL started the process of assigning domain names for websites on 1 January 2017.
Top-Level domain
* .bd
* .বাংলা
Second-Level domain
See also
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Internet in Bangladesh
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Telecommunications in Bangladesh
References
External links
IANA .bd whois information.bd whois service.bd domain search
Communications in Bangladesh
Country code top-level domains
Internet in Bangladesh
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