Jumbangla Desk: All phone numbers in Bangladesh start with +880. It is +91 for India, +92 for Pakistan and +1 for USA and Canada.
How did these codes come about? What do you think, who chose the country that he liked? This is not the case.
+880 is the international dialing code or country code for Bangladesh. +88 is an area code assigned to various South Asian countries. Then Bangladesh is specified with 0. That's why you have to use +880 code to call a Bangladeshi phone number from abroad.
Communication between different countries requires specific codes, called 'international dialing codes' or 'country codes'. These codes allow phone numbers of one country to be uniquely identified from those of another country.
Country codes are mainly determined by the 'International Telecommunication Union' or ITU. The ITU is a specialized agency, which operates under the auspices of the United Nations and sets international telecommunications norms and standards.
In the 1960s, the organization assigned each country a specific code to facilitate global communication. These codes are created with different numbers based on the geographical location, population and communication system of each country.
When one wants to call from one country to another country, it is possible to reach the specific number using the specific country code of that country. For example: If you want to call a number in Bangladesh from abroad, you have to use +880 to give its specific phone number.
It is not possible to call a phone number in one country from another country without the international dialing code. If you want to call Bangladesh from the US, you need to add the country code before the Bangladeshi number.
