+880BD
Bangladesh number screening
One of the few markets where the prefix still identifies the operator, and where business itself lives on Facebook — so the screening order differs from its neighbours.
Mobile number format
Bangladeshi mobiles are 11 digits nationally, always starting 01, with the third digit identifying the operator — 01712345678, for example. Drop the leading zero for international form: +880 plus 10 digits. A 10-digit row in your list usually just lost its leading zero on export.
Main carriers
- Grameenphone
- Robi Axiata
- Banglalink
- Teletalk (state-owned)
013 and 017 belong to Grameenphone, 016 and 018 to Robi (016 came over from Airtel in the merger), 014 and 019 to Banglalink, and 015 to state-owned Teletalk. Being able to infer the operator from the prefix is unusual in South Asia.
On the ground
Mobile financial services such as bKash use the phone number itself as the account number, so changing numbers means changing accounts — which makes Bangladeshi numbers noticeably more stable than those of neighbouring markets. SIMs are fingerprint-verified against the NID database. Commerce runs on cash on delivery, and Bangla is the working language: English-only creative converts distinctly worse.
Screening guidance
Group by the third digit first, then validate — it exposes fabricated batches immediately, since generated lists often contain three-digit ranges that do not exist. Screen Facebook next, then WhatsApp, in that order. Schedule around Friday prayers and treat Sunday to Thursday as the working week.
Key platforms in Bangladesh
Facebook plays a role far beyond social here: most small traders never build a website, running the entire business through a Page and Messenger — what locals call F-commerce. On the messaging side, WhatsApp and Telegram are the entry points that can actually be screened.
FAQ
How many digits is a Bangladeshi mobile number?
Eleven digits nationally, always beginning 01 — 01712345678, for example. For international form, drop the leading zero and write +880 followed by 10 digits. A 10-digit row almost always means the export stripped the leading zero as a stray character; restore it rather than writing the number off as invalid.
Which operator is 017 in Bangladesh?
017 and 013 are Grameenphone; 016 and 018 are Robi, 014 and 019 are Banglalink, and 015 is state-owned Teletalk. Range allocation here is far cleaner than in most South Asian markets, so grouping by the third digit is a reasonable first cut — but portability exists, and exact attribution still needs a live lookup.
Why does Bangladesh screening lead with Facebook?
Because a large share of small traders have no website at all and run the whole operation through a Facebook Page and Messenger — the F-commerce pattern — which gives Facebook a depth ordinary social platforms do not have. WhatsApp serves as a second check. Note that imo, widely used locally, is outside NexCheck's coverage.
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