Hire and pay employees in
Bangladesh, hassle-free
With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Bangladesh. No more worrying about local laws, complex tax systems, or managing international payroll. Deel takes care of everything in 150+ countries.
The average onboarding time frame in Bangladesh is 5 days with Deel.
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Currency
Bangladeshi taka

Capital
Dhaka
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Official Language
Bengali
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Payroll Cycle
Monthly
Onboard, pay and manage employees in Bangladesh with Deel.
Usually, to hire in Bangladesh, your business needs an entity. That means a local office, an address registered as a subsidiary, and an account with a local bank. All of this, plus navigating regional benefits, payroll, tax, and HR laws, can take months.
Deel lets you hire employees in Bangladesh quickly, easily, and compliantly. We even automate tax document collection, payroll, benefits, and more. For your existing direct employees, we can manage your entire payroll operation from end-to-end.
All the necessary benefits for Bangladesh
built right in
Deel allows you to provide localized benefits for employees in Bangladesh within minutes. All in one manageable online dashboard.
- Gratuity Payment
- Private Healthcare - Unisure (optional)
- Private Healthcare - Allianz (optional)
- Optional global health insurance - Allianz
Our quickstart guide to hiring in Bangladesh
Navigate the tabs below to learn everything you need to know about hiring an employee in Bangladesh
Minimum Wage Requirements
Individual Income Tax
Tax Rate | Annual Taxable Income |
0% | BDT 0 to 350,000 |
5% | BDT 350,000 to 450,000 |
10% | BDT 450,000 to 850,000 |
15% | BDT 850,000 to 1,350,000 |
20% | BDT 1,350,000 to 1,850,000 |
25% | BDT 1,850,000 to 3,850,000 |
30% | Over BDT 3,850,000 |
Payroll Cost
Annual Costs
- 13th Salary - 1 month salary, calculated as the gross monthly salaries received during the year including other salary payments, such as bonuses, allowances, and divided by 12.
- Union Bonus (profit sharing) - BRL 315.52 a year (~USD 59)
- Vacation Bonus - One-third of the employee's monthly salary or one-third of the vacation days taken
- Mandatory Life Insurance - BRL 5.56
Conditional Costs
- Abono Pecuniário - Employees can choose to receive up to 10 days of their vacation bonus paid out instead of using them as paid time off.
- Childcare allowance - Female employees with children aged 0-60 months are entitled to a monthly childcare allowance up to 290.98 BRL per child.
Overtime Pay & Maximum Hours
Maternity Leave
Paternity Leave
Parental Leave
Sick Leave
Termination Requirements
Terminations must respect complex rules and the rules of an employee’s employment country. The off-boarding is always handled by the Employer with the primary stakeholders. It may include ad-hoc fees as well as required or recommended steps on specific termination cases.
Terminations in Bangladesh can be complex. There is no at-will termination in Bangladesh for employers outside the probation period and termination must be done for just cause.
Compliant terminations include:
- Voluntarily by the employee
- By mutual agreement
- Unilaterally by the employer based on:
- probation period
- objective grounds
- disciplinary dismissal
- performance due to unsuitability for the job
- By the expiration of the contract
Notice Period
The minimum notice period is 60 days and will be increased according to the type of the employment.
- 60 days if the employee is monthly rated
- 120 days if the employee is permanent worker
Severance for Employees
Paid Time Off
Public Holidays
Bangladesh celebrates 20 national holidays over 24 days.
National public holidays include:
- Shaheed Day and International Mother Language Day
- Birthday of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
- Shab-e-Barat
- Independence and National Day
- Bengali New Year's Day
- Jumatul Wida
- Shab-e-Qadar
- May Day
- Eid-ul-Fitr - 3 days
- Buddha Purnima (Boishakhi Purnima)
- Bank Holiday
- Eid-ul-Azha - 3 days
- Moharrum (Ashura)
- National Mourning Day
- Janmashtami
- Durga Puja (Bijoya Dashami)
- Eid-e-Miladun-Nabi (S)
- Victory Day
- Christmas Day
- Bank Holiday
Onboarding
Employment Contract Details
Contracts must be in English and can be bilingual. They must be in writing and signed by both parties.
A contract must include:
- Title of the Agreement
- Identify the parties
- Term of the Agreement
- Position/ Place of work
- Remuneration
- Mandatory Benefits
- Termination Procedure
- Dispute Resolution
Probation Period
Hiring in Bangladesh, hassle-free
With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Bangladesh with our EOR solution. If you have an entity, our Global Payroll solution takes care of payroll and compliance for your direct employees. Our 250+ in-house experts handle everything from managing local laws, complex tax systems, or your payroll in Bangladesh and 150+ countries.
Starting at 599 USD
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