Bangladesh Standard Time

<p>Bangladesh Standard Time  serves as the official <a href="/facts/Time_zone/x5JzdlX8">time zone</a> for <a href="/facts/Bangladesh/NXk4f78Y">Bangladesh</a>. It operates six hours ahead of <a href="/facts/Coordinated_Universal_Time/2EnjfSyu">Coordinated Universal Time</a> and is observed uniformly across the country as a national standard. In 2009, Bangladesh briefly observed <a href="/facts/Daylight_saving_time/bEWvB1Rt">daylight saving time</a> (DST) as a measure to address an ongoing electricity crisis. However, this decision was reversed by the government in 2010.
</p><p>The official time signal of BST is determined based on <a href="/facts/90th_meridian_east/KrdRHJI9">the 90.00° E longitude</a>. This meridian passes through the Harukandi Union, located in the <a href="/facts/Harirampur_Upazila/HgSoLP30">Harirampur Upazila</a> of the <a href="/facts/Manikganj_District/4QUJKfeU">Manikganj District</a>, within the <a href="/facts/Dhaka_Division/EeJ18PpS">Dhaka Division</a>. In the <a href="/facts/IANA_time_zone_database/ebNI1Nls">IANA time zone database</a>, BST is represented by the identifier Asia/Dhaka.
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Bangladesh Standard Time