What changed since your last trip
Customs rules moved in 2023 and twice in 2025. Pick when you last travelled and see only what is different now.
Nothing in our record changed since then. That is not the same as nothing having changed — check the sources before you fly.
Effective 2 Jul 2025
New-phone allowance became a yearly count
- Was
- Duty was charged per handset, banded by value.
- Now
- One new handset per calendar year duty-free; two for a BMET cardholder.
SRO 312-Law/2025/102/Customs (2 Jul 2025)
Effective 2 Jun 2025
Gold-bar duty restated per tola
- Was
- Earlier baggage rules set the limit at 234 g.
- Now
- Maximum 117 g or 10 tola per calendar year, at Tk 5,000 per 11.664 g.
SRO 261-Act/2025/71/Customs (2 Jun 2025), via NBR/HSIA
Effective 30 Mar 2025
Bangladesh joined the Apostille Convention
- Was
- Documents needed multi-step embassy legalisation. Bangladesh acceded on 29 July 2024.
- Now
- A single apostille certificate replaces the chain for member states, in force from 30 March 2025.
HCCH Apostille Convention (Convention 12) status table
Effective 1 Jun 2023
Gold-bar carrying limit halved and duty raised
- Was
- 234 g of gold bars per year.
- Now
- 117 g per year, with the per-tola duty increased.
FY2023-24 national budget (The Daily Star, Jun 2023)
Rules verified 24 Aug 2026 ·Re-checked every June budget cycle.