.bd is the Internet
country code
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The term ''country code'' frequently re ...
top-level domain
A top-level domain (TLD) is one of the domain name, domains at the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System of the Internet after the root domain. The top-level domain names are installed in the DNS root zone, root zone of the nam ...
(
ccTLD) for
Bangladesh
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...
. It is administered by the
Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology.
Registrations
Registrations are at the third level beneath several second-level labels, paralleling the oldest
gTLDs; registration is open except in the gov and mil subdomains, which are limited to authorized entities in the Bangladesh government.
Though online registration is available, currently
BTCL only allows
Second-level domain registration of .bd domain for only
Bangladeshi citizens.
It only allows the
structure
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of
website
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s like - example.com.bd, example2.com.bd. example3.com.bd; but not like - example.bd, example2.bd, example3.bd.
Top-level domains
.bd
Though the .bd domain was introduced on 20 May 1999, the Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) started registering for generals in 2003.
.বাংলা
The
.বাংলা ("Bangla") domain was introduced in 2011. The BTCL started the process of assigning domain names for websites on 1 January 2017.
Second-level domains
See also
*
Internet in Bangladesh
*
Telecommunications in Bangladesh
References
External links
IANA .bd whois information.bd whois service
Communications in Bangladesh
Country code top-level domains
Internet in Bangladesh
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