Bangladesh Standard Time

Bangladesh Standard Time
Time zone
Map of South Asia with time zones; Bangladesh is colored olive, the same as Bhutan
UTC offset
BST	UTC+06:00
Current time
12:52, 24 May 2024 BST [refresh]
Observance of DST
DST is not observed in this time zone.

Bangladesh Standard Time (BST; Bengali: বাংলাদেশ মান সময়) is the time zone of Bangladesh. It is offset six hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time, and observed as a national standard throughout the country. Bangladesh briefly observed daylight saving time (DST) in 2009 to cope with the ongoing electricity crisis, but in 2010 the decision was cancelled by the government of Bangladesh.

The official time signal is given by the Bangladesh Standard Time is calculated on the basis of the 90.00° E longitude, which passes over the Harukandi Union of Harirampur Upazila of the Manikganj District in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh. In the IANA time zone database, it is represented by Asia/Dhaka.