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Overview

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Identifiers

Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Bangladesh and submit them as strings on the application body. Tax ID: 12-digit income tax registration number issued by NBR Income Tax wing. Most businesses also require a separate BIN (VAT registration number — see vat_id identifier). Registration number: Numeric, issued on the Certificate of Incorporation; appears on all RJSC-certified documents.

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Sector regulators

Bangladesh Bank · BSEC · IDRA · BFIU · MRA

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How documents combine

For each evidence area, this table shows whether the listed documents are alternatives (any one of) or a bundle (all required). The artifact-by-artifact lookup follows below.

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Documents to collect

The physical documents you’ll collect from your customer, with the evidence area each one proves. One document can prove multiple areas — for example, Brazil’s Cartão CNPJ covers both tax and business-registration proof, so it appears once with both areas listed. Not applicable in Bangladesh: Good Standing. Skip these areas — no local artifact exists.

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Collection notes

  • Legal Registration: Issued by RJSC; includes CRN and incorporation date.
  • Constitutive Documents: Paired constitutive documents; RJSC issues digitally signed certified copies on incorporation.
  • Tax Registration: Both required; TIN from incometax.gov.bd, BIN from vat.gov.bd.
  • Operating Permit: Issued annually by City Corporation or Municipality; must be renewed each fiscal year (July–June). An expired Trade License is a common compliance gap — verify renewal date, not just issuance date.
  • Sector-Specific License: Sector-specific; only required for regulated entities.
  • Ownership Records: No centralised public register of shareholders exists; collect the Schedule X Annual Return (latest filed with RJSC) and the internal Company Share Register.
  • Governance Records: Filed with RJSC within 14 days of appointment/change (Companies Act 1994, s.115); updated annually via Schedule X.
  • Signing Authority: Board resolution sufficient for authorised signatories; a notarised Power of Attorney is required for third-party representatives.
  • Address: Lease (no time bound) OR utility bill OR bank statement, with utility/bank dated within 90 days. Same evidence satisfies both registered-address and operating-address checks.

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Person roles

When you submit a person on the application body, set their role to one of Conduit’s canonical BusinessPersonRole values. Use this table to map a local corporate-governance title onto the right canonical role.

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Notes

  • Bangladesh joined the Hague Apostille Convention effective 2025-03-30 (accession deposited 2024-07-29); at least twelve countries have objected (Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Lithuania, Netherlands) — documents bound for those jurisdictions still require consular legalisation; check the live HCCH notifications page (hcch.net/en/instruments/conventions/status-table/notifications/?csid=1533&disp=type) for the current list.
  • The OPC structure (introduced via Companies Amendment Act 2020, RJSC registration open from 2021-05-23) is still relatively new; the sole shareholder is simultaneously director, manager, and company secretary — all roles map to a single person.
  • Trade Licenses must be renewed annually (July–June fiscal year); an expired Trade License is a common compliance gap at onboarding — always verify renewal date, not just issuance date.
  • RJSC’s primary digital portal is roc.gov.bd / app.roc.gov.bd; the older app1.roc.gov.bd remains active but is being phased out — confirm document authenticity via the current portal.