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Bangladesh Post Office
বাংলাদেশ ডাক বিভাগ
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Logo of Bangladesh Post Office
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TypeAgency of the Government of Bangladesh
HeadquartersDhaka, Bangladesh
MottoService is the exemplary
Minister responsible
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Deputy Minister responsible
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Postal Agency executive
Parent departmentMinistry of Post and Telecommunication (Bangladesh)
Child Postal Agency
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WebsiteBangladesh Post Office

Template:Contains Bangla text The Bangladesh Post Office (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ ডাক বিভাগ) is responsible for providing postal service in Bangladesh. It is an attached department of the Ministry of Post and Telecommunication (Bangladesh). This ministry is concerned with the policymaking for its two attached departments.

General Post Office in Dhaka
A Post Box in Khagrachari

The Bangladesh Post office is dedicated to provide a wide range of postal products and public services. It is the premier national postal communication service holding together a vast country with a large population. Bangladesh Post Office is committed to provide a speedy, reliable and regular service to the people of all walks of life at a reasonable cost.

Services

The Main Services of the Bangladesh post office are to mail Letters, Post Cards, Parcel, News Paper & Periodicals and Book or Packet. The general delivery time is 2-3 days depending upon the distance and communication of destination. Registration makes the transmission of an article more secure.

Electronic Money Transfer Service (EMTS) is one of the service which started operations 26 march 2010. This service was commercially launched in a limited scope (in 104 post offices) on 10 may 2010. However, in response of overwhelming demand, this service has now been expanded in 1150 post offices throughout the country including all district Head Post Offices and Upazila Post Offices. This service has got wide acceptability and popularity within a short period of time, which can be regarded as a significant achievement of the present government.[1]

ePpost

Electronic Mail Service was introduced as "E-Post" from 16 Aug 2000. The ePost service enabled people to send and receive messages or scanned images through e-mail from selected Post offices in the country. This service is now available in 16 Head Post offices, namely Dhaka GPO, Chittagong GPO, Sylhet HPO, Moulavibazar HPO, Feni HPO and Comilla HPO. Noakhali HPO, Mymensingh HPO, Jessore HPO, Kushtia HPO, Barisal HPO, Bogra HPO, Sirajgonj HPO [2]

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