Bangladesh

Conditional

Issuer: No permit for casual street photography; government permission for foreign commercial productions, and CAAB plus Ministry of Defence clearance for any drone work

Personal photography needs no permit. Foreign film crews and commercial productions need government approvals; drone filming adds CAAB authorization and multi-agency security clearance. Plan long lead times.

Regulated by the CAAB; authorization requests are reportedly filed about 45 days in advance, camera-equipped drones need clearance even under 250 g, and zones near airports, government buildings, and VVIP areas require high-level security sign-off

Draft Drone Regulations (2024) formalize licensing for all but camera-free toy drones, with per-flight clearance from air defense and intelligence agencies. For depth, see Drone Authority.

Yes to photograph in public; Bangladesh has a strong street-photography culture

Crowded public scenes are lawful and normal to shoot. Avoid military installations, border areas, and government security buildings; ask before close portraits, especially of women.

Restricted / unsettled (2023 law removed the FoP provision)

The repealed Copyright Act 2000 had a UK-model panorama provision (Section 72), but the 2023 Copyright Act dropped it in favor of US-style fair-use language whose reach is untested. Treat commercial images centered on copyrighted modern architecture or public art as legally uncertain. Historic subjects are out of copyright. Wikimedia Commons classifies Bangladesh as no-FoP under the 2023 Act.