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An eSIM for Bangladesh is a digital data plan for the phone you already own. There is no physical SIM card, no airport lines, and no passport needed. Your plan is ready on your SIMAREA account before you even leave home.
It works safely alongside your normal SIM. You keep your own number for calls and important text messages. Your data goes through the SIMAREA plan. Just turn off data roaming on your home SIM to avoid high bills.
Coverage comes from Banglalink, the one network these plans use. Your phone connects to it when you arrive.
If you stay longer, top up your current plan with more data. You do not need to buy a new one.
What it is not: a local phone number. If you need a number for verification codes, see virtual numbers.
eSIM for Bangladesh on Banglalink
Mobile data for a family visit or a sourcing trip to the garment factories. Every plan here waits for its first connection to Banglalink in Bangladesh before its days begin.
The unlimited plan is the day pass we feature for Bangladesh: after its daily full-speed allowance it keeps you connected at a lower speed, and it is billed per day for the days you choose. Fixed plans are one price for the term shown. Nothing on this page is an estimate.
How to get mobile data in Bangladesh
Set it up at home the night before. Your eSIM waits quietly until you arrive.
Pick eSIM plan
Choose how long you are there. The day pass is billed per day, so the term is yours to set.
Pay, then scan
Charged from your balance, which you top up with crypto. Your QR code is in your dashboard once the order is paid.
Turn it on when you arrive
Turn on data roaming for your SIMAREA plan when you arrive, and it joins a partner network.
What to know about an eSIM for Bangladesh
The specifics that decide whether a travel eSIM is useful once you're actually there.
Runs on Banglalink
Plans for Bangladesh connect to Banglalink. Your phone joins it once data roaming is on for the eSIM.
Set up before you go
No SIM card store, no passport check. Install it at home, then turn on data roaming for it when you arrive.
Hotspot sharing
Share your internet with a laptop or a friend, if your plan and phone allow it.
Keep your own number
The eSIM is just for internet. Your normal SIM still receives calls and important bank codes. You can use both at once.
Keep using the same eSIM
Staying longer? Top up the same plan with more data from your dashboard. No need for a new QR code.
If it does not work
Not installed or connected yet? Ask for a refund within 30 days of buying it. Installed but not working on any of its networks? Support helps, and refunds you if it cannot be fixed.
eSIM Bangladesh: Banglalink alone, or with Grameenphone
The day pass and the six fixed plans on this page connect to a single network, Banglalink. Grameenphone isn't on any of them. If your relatives in Sylhet or Rajshahi say Grameenphone is the one with signal at their house, look at the two multi-country plans that carry both networks in Bangladesh:
- Asia eSIM, its 19-country list. Banglalink and Grameenphone in Bangladesh, with India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka on the same list. Fixed rows of 7, 15 or 30 days, plus a day pass that drops to 384 Kbps once its daily 1 GB is gone.
- Global 130. The same two networks and no day pass, but terms of 90 or 365 days for a stay well past a month.
Nepal is on neither list. A Dhaka to Kathmandu itinerary needs a separate Nepal plan next to this one.
A month at home: sizing the Bangladesh plans
Family visits often run for weeks, and the 30-day plans come in 3, 5, 10 and 20 GB. Video calls to cousins abroad, wedding photos and a phone shared as a hotspot (if your plan and phone allow it) eat data quickly, so 10 or 20 GB is the safer pick when the house has no Wi-Fi. A short business trip fits the week with 1 GB or the 15 days with 3 GB.
On the day pass, every day opens with 1 GB at full speed and carries on at 512 Kbps until the next one begins. You choose how many days to buy.
Each plan here, day pass included, tops up on the same eSIM from your SIMAREA balance. A top-up adds data, not days: for a stay longer than 30 days, buy a second plan when the first ends, or start on Global 130.
Bangladesh eSIM questions
Will a Bangladesh plan work in India too?
No, it has no network outside Bangladesh. For Dhaka and Kolkata on one eSIM, choose the Asia eSIM's 19-country list or Global 130; both include India. Or install an India plan beside this one.
Can I get a Bangladeshi +880 number with it?
No. The eSIM carries data only, so there is no local number, no calls and no SMS, and your home SIM keeps receiving its texts. For a number that receives verification codes, see virtual numbers.
Is the Bangladesh day pass unlimited?
It keeps running all day, but only the first 1 GB each day is at full speed. After that the eSIM is held to 512 Kbps until the day resets.
When should I install it?
Before you leave home. Every plan here starts its days at the first connection to Banglalink in Bangladesh, and an unused plan stays valid for 180 days. Bear in mind that only an eSIM that hasn't been installed or connected can be refunded on request, within 30 days of purchase.
Which country will websites see?
The United Kingdom. Bangladesh plans route traffic through the UK, so your bank back home and sites in Bangladesh see a UK address. If an app you rely on checks location, ask support before you pay.
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Pick your Bangladesh eSIM
Choose the day pass or a fixed plan on Banglalink. Want Grameenphone as well, or India on the same eSIM? Compare the Asia and Global 130 plans.