.org.bd for NGOs and Non-Profits in Bangladesh

For a non-profit, the domain extension is not a cosmetic choice. A donor evaluating whether to give, a partner deciding whether to collaborate, and a journalist checking whether an organisation is what it claims — all of them read the address before they read the page.

.org.bd says two things at once: this is an organisation, and it's accountable in Bangladesh. Here's how to get one and what to do with it.

Who can register .org.bd

The extension is open to organisations, covering both non-profit and for-profit entities. In practice the registrants are:

• NGOs and development organisations
• Foundations and trusts
• Professional associations and societies
• Community and welfare organisations
• Religious and cultural institutions
• Cooperatives

Documents you'll need

BTCL wants proof that the organisation is registered with the relevant authority. Which authority depends on your structure:

Alongside the certificate, submit the NID of the authorised contact person. As with every .bd extension, you have three days from registration to upload — full details in documents required to register a .bd domain.

Why the extension matters more for non-profits

Commercial businesses can lean on other trust signals: a physical shop, a payment gateway, customer reviews. A non-profit asking for donations often has none of those, so the domain carries more weight than it would elsewhere.

None of these is a judgement about the organisation's actual quality. They are judgements donors make in about two seconds, and you only get to influence them once.

Setting it up well

Email is the priority

Non-profits are a recurring target for donation fraud — someone creates a lookalike Gmail address, contacts your donors, and collects. Two defences, both domain-based:

• Communicate only from @yourorg.org.bd addresses, and tell donors that explicitly.
• Configure SPF, DKIM and DMARC so impersonation attempts get rejected by receiving mail servers rather than merely looking suspicious. The setup is in setting up professional email on a .bd domain.

Publish what donors look for

The pages that actually get read before a donation:

• Registration number and registering authority
• Annual reports and audited accounts
• Board or trustee list
• A verifiable physical address and phone number
• Clear, specific descriptions of programmes and their outcomes

Use subdomains for projects

A programme with its own identity doesn't need its own domain and renewal. shikkha.yourorg.org.bd inherits the parent organisation's credibility and costs nothing extra — see the DNS setup guide.

Brand protection

If budget allows, register the matching .com.bd and redirect it to your .org.bd. It costs one additional registration and prevents someone else operating commercially under your organisation's name — a real risk for any organisation with public recognition.

Custody and continuity

Non-profits lose domains for the same reason schools do: the volunteer who set it up moves on. Protect against it:

• Register the account to an organisational email address, never a personal one.
• Keep credentials with the board or administration, not just the IT volunteer.
• Renew multi-year — .org.bd allows up to 10 years, which also spares you nine renewals at the higher standard rate.
• Record the expiry date somewhere institutional.

If a domain has already lapsed, what happens when a .bd domain expires covers the recovery window.

Check whether your organisation's name is available, or read how to register a .bd domain for the full process.