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Authority

Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA); Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) for compulsory standards

Main regulation

Act No. 29 of 2023 (18 Sept 2023); draft Cosmetics (Licence and Registration) Rules 2026; BSTI mandatory CM-licence product list · Drugs and Cosmetics Act 2023 (Act No. 29 of 2023)

In force

2023-09-18

Market entry

Cosmetics require a DGDA licence/registration (import registration valid up to 5 years) under the 2023 Act, with detailed rules still in draft, and a BSTI CM licence/port clearance certificate is mandatory for cosmetics on the compulsory standards list (328 products as of May 2026).

Responsible person

A Bangladesh-registered importer or manufacturer holding the DGDA and BSTI licences must be the applicant, so foreign brands need a local authorised importer.

Safety file

Product Information File (Annexure-I), GMP certificate, CoA, Free Sale Certificate, origin-country registration and a declaration of no harmful chemicals, plus a halal certificate if animal by-products are used.

Labeling

Bengali labeling required (supplementary Bengali label for imports) with ingredients, batch, expiry, price and importer details, plus a BSTI metrology certificate for net content.

Animal testing

No statutory ban identified.

Ingredient lists

No published national annex system; compliance is judged against the applicable Bangladesh Standard (BDS) for each product type and DGDA harmful-chemical declarations.

Notes

The draft-rules date (2026-06-24) comes from a search snippet because the hsd.gov.bd page could not be fetched; Bengali labeling and 5-year import-registration validity come from consultancy sources.

Official text

https://dgda.gov.bd/

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