Licenses

for Doing Business in Bangladesh

Bangladesh is one of the developing country in the world. Many people are doing business to live their lives. To do any business in Bangladesh, license is mandatory for every form of business. License provides the legal authority to do business in Bangladesh. Unless you are conducting your business as a proprietorship, you will be required to register a Partnership or Company prior to obtaining these licenses/approvals/permits/certificate.

Following are the list of licenses that may be required to be obtained, depending on the nature of the businesses, we provide services to obtain all sorts of licenses in Bangladesh.

SL Name of License Name of Gov. Agency
1  Trade License  All City Corporations, Municipalities & Union Parisads
2  Tax Identification Number (TIN)  National Board of Revenue (NBR)
3  VAT Registration  National Board of Revenue (NBR)
4  Export Registration Certificate (ERC)  Office of the Chief Controller of Imports & Exports (CCI&E)
5  Import Registration Certificate (IRC)  Office of the Chief Controller of Imports & Exports (CCI&E)
6  Fire License  Fire Service and Civil Defense (FS&CD)
7  Acid License  Deputy Commissioner (DC) of all Districts
8  Factory Registration Certificate
9  Ad-hoc IRC/ BIDA Recommendation / BIDA Suparishnama  Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA)
10  Approval of Factory Plan  Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE)
11  Approval of Foreign Loan  Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA)
12  Bonded Warehouse License  Customs Bond Commissionerate (CBC)
13  Certificate of Registration of Factories and Establishment  Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE)
14  Construction Certificate  RAJUK/CDA/KDA
15  Copyright Registration  Copyright Office
16  Environmental Clearance Certificate  Department of Environment (DOE)
17  Explosives Licenses  Department of Explosives
18  Indenting Registration Certificate (IRC)  Office of the Chief Controller of Imports & Exports (CCI&E)
19  Project Registration with BIDA  Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA)
20  Quality Certification Mark  Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institution (BSTI)
21  Registration Certificate from Inspector of Boiler  Office of the Chief Inspector of Boiler (CIOB)
22  Registration Certificate of Designs  Department of Patent, Design and Trade Marks (DPDT)
23  Registration Certificate of Patent  Department of Patent, Design and Trade Marks (DPDT)
24  Trade Marks Registration  Department of Patents, Designs & Trademarks (DPDT)
25  Work Permit for Foreign Nationals  BIDA and BEPZA