Bangladesh — how to identify

Type: Commercial, taxis and buses

Shape: Short

Background: Green

Text: Black

Concrete red-and-white cube or cylinder

The flag of Bangladesh has a dark green background with a red circle in the center

Name: Bengali

Script: Bengali-Assamese script (Eastern Nagari)

Description: Flowing, curved script with a horizontal top line (matra). Words are usually connected across the top, but the line may appear lighter or less rigid than in Devanagari

Unique symbols: ক (vs ৰ Assamese), ড, ঙ, র (vs ৱ Assamese)

Similar scripts & distinctions:

Nearly identical to Assamese script.

Main difference: Assamese uses ৰ and ৱ which Bengali doesn't. The overall appearance is almost the same, distinguished mainly by language vocabulary.

Driving direction: Left side

In low-lying, flood-prone Bangladesh, it’s very common to see ditches, ponds, rivers, and bright green farmland right beside the road

Shape: Cylinder or rectangular. Long or short

Material: Concrete or metall

Color: Black-and-white or black-and-yellow stripes

The first type is a square concrete pole. It has flat sides with small holes running vertically. These poles usually look more industrial and heavy, and the equipment and wires are often bolted directly onto the flat surfaces.

The second type is a round concrete pole. It has a smooth, cylindrical shape without the flat edges or holes of the square type. These poles look simpler and more uniform, and the insulators and wires are fixed around the rounded surface.

So, in short: square poles look blocky with holes, while round poles are smooth and cylindrical.

Type: Private

Shape: Short

Background: White

Text: Black

Camera: Generation 4

Car: Sedan/regular

Color: Black

Additional details (unique): Since 2022 year - pay attention to google copyright

Camera: Generation 4

Car: Sedan/regular

Color: White

Additional details (unique): Since 2022 year - pay attention to google copyright

Many roads in Bangladesh are lined with tall trees, and the lower parts of their trunks are painted white, giving the roadside a neat striped look

Mosques are easy to recognize by the megaphones (!) mounted on buildings

Due to the humid monsoon climate, houses and sheds across Bangladesh often have corrugated tin roofs

The first lamp post is a tall white-painted pole with two curved arms that rise upward in a V-shape, each holding a lamp. It usually has many overhead wires attached and looks more modern compared to older designs.

In Bangladesh, motorcycles usually have small, long license plates

Camera type: Shitcam

Car: Black or white, and sometimes a big round blur covers it completely

Details: Shitcam is only in and around Dhaka city

In Bangladesh, three Gen-3 Street View cars appear:

• (1) a white car with red bars on the wing mirrors and
• (2) a plain all-white car (also seen in other countries)