The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has extended its deadline for fitting manual front registration plates on motorcycles from November 15 to December 31.
In a public notice posted Wednesday, November 11 on its official Facebook page, BRTA said both the front and rear registration numbers must be displayed under the Road Transport Act 2018 and Road Transport Rules 2022, asking riders to install compliant manual front plates on their own initiative.
BRTA set specific dimensions for two categories of motorcycles. For scooters, the manual front plate must measure 200 mm long by 100 mm wide, with characters and digits at least 20 mm tall. For all other motorcycles, the plate must measure 285 mm long by 50 mm wide, also with characters and digits at least 20 mm tall.
Under the agency’s mandatory design rules, plates must be made of stainless steel or aluminum, with black Bengali letters and numerals painted on a white background and no decorative graphics or designs. On non-scooter motorcycles, the full registration mark—such as Dhaka Metro-La-11-1229—must appear in a single horizontal line.
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