The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has extended the deadline for installing manual front number plates on motorcycles by six weeks with moving the cutoff from November 15 to December 31.
The announcement was made via a public notice on BRTA’s official Facebook page on Wednesday (November 11).
Under the Road Transport Act 2018 and Road Transport Rules 2022 the motorcycles must display registration numbers on both the front and rear. BRTA instructed owners to install manual front plates at their own expense in compliance with standard specifications.
Specifications and Guidelines:
Scooters: Plates must measure 200 mm in length and 100 mm in width.
Standard Motorcycles: Plates must measure 285 mm in length and 50 mm in width. Registration numbers must be written on a single horizontal line (e.g., Dhaka Metro-L-11-1126).
Material & Design: Plates must be made of stainless steel or aluminum with featuring black Bengali letters and numbers on a plain white background. The height of characters must be at least 20 mm. Additional designs, fonts or decorative elements are strictly prohibited.
BRTA urged all motorcycle owners to comply with the guidelines before the December 31 deadline to avoid legal penalties.
