Rule card · Bangladesh
Keep your Grameenphone number active while abroad
Keep a Grameenphone prepaid number active abroad: matrix sells 30, 60 or 365 days, then 60-day incoming-only suspend. Useful Information suspends 365 days.
Checked against official pages on September 29, 2026. Rules move; when this one does, it goes on the changelog.
Rule at a glance
prepaid accounts only- If you do nothing
- Recharge matrix. Tk 20-149 prints 30 Days, 150-299 prints 60 Days, 300 and above prints 365 Days. After expiry, suspend 60 days, incoming call and SMS only. Leftover only inside validity or that 60 days. Reactivate within 12 months (365 days). Useful Information suspends 365 days after expiry
- Cheapest way to hold it
- A recharge in a printed band. Tk 20-149 prints 30 Days
- Roaming needed to receive codes abroad
- Unverified (The matrix is a home-network validity table. Whether inbound texts while abroad reset that count is unverified)
- Twelve months away, roughly
- unverified as an annual retention charge. Tk 300 and above prints 365 Days of validity, not a published retention fee
Keep a Grameenphone prepaid number active abroad on the recharge matrix table. Validity is sold in taka bands. After that validity the same page suspends 60 days, incoming only. Useful Information is a different file with a 365-day suspend.
30, 60 or 365 days, then 60 days incoming only
curl.exe of Grameenphone's recharge validity matrix on 29 September 2026 returned 160,785 bytes of SSR HTML, HTTP 200, and WebFetch of the same URL that day returned the same bands:
| Recharge (Tk) | Validity |
|---|---|
| 20-149 | 30 Days |
| 150-299 | 60 Days |
| 300 and above | 365 Days |
After those days the matrix states: After the expiration of the recharge validity (main account validity), GP may without any notice, suspend prepaid customer’s account for 60 days. During suspension period, prepaid customers can avail only Incoming call and SMS service. After the suspension period, all services including Incoming call and SMS service will be stopped, any outstanding emergency balance dues will be adjusted from main account balance. GP is not liable to inform subscriber about the suspension of his/her account.
Leftover sits inside that window. The same matrix states: "The main account balance can be carried forward only if a customer recharges within the validity period of the previous recharge or within the suspension period of 60 days. Any recharge after the expiry of the mentioned period shall not be refundable nor shall revive the connection."
Reactivation is a later sentence on that page: "After expiry of recharge validity, prepaid customer can easily reactivate the number by recharging anytime within 12 months (365 days). After this period, Grameenphone prepaid connections will be permanently deactivated." Day 60 on this card is the printed suspend. The 12 months (365 days) to reactivate is another sentence. Robi's recycle page prints 11 months unused. That is not this 60.
Emergency Balance terms, WebFetch the same day, repeat the 60: Upon expiry of the recharge validity, GP may suspend the connection after 60 days.
Useful Information suspends 365 days after expiry
Grameenphone's Useful Information Additional Terms Prepaid, item 7, WebFetch on 29 September 2026, states: After the expiration of the validity of the recharge, GP may without any notice, suspend a subscriber’s account for 365 days. GP is not liable to inform a subscriber about the suspension of his/her account.
Item 3 on that page states: "The different stages in the life cycle of a Prepaid subscriber’s account will be known as idle, active, suspended deleted/permanently disconnected/retired state the whole period shall not exceed 365 days under any circumstances."
Item 6 on that page states: "The balance of an account can be carried forward only if a subscriber recharges within the validity period of the previous recharge or within the suspension period of 365 days. Any recharge after the expiry of the mentioned period shall not be refundable nor shall revive the connection."
Those 365 days are not the matrix 60-day suspend. They are not the matrix sentence that says 12 months (365 days) to reactivate. They are not Robi's 11 months.
Account validity extender packs, WebFetch the same day, sell Tk 997 / 3 years and Tk 1498 / 5 years. That page states: "After expiration of account validity (recharge validity) of these packs, customer will fall under recycle process." Tk 695 / 3 years and Tk 995 / 5 years are a different validity-pack SKU. Neither pack is the BTRC 11-plus-30 sentence on the Bangladesh country page.
Before you fly
- Count from the printed band. Tk 20-149 is 30 Days. Tk 300 and above is 365 Days.
- After that validity, the matrix suspends 60 days, incoming call and SMS only.
- Leftover taka carry forward only if a recharge lands inside previous validity or that 60 days.
- 12 months (365 days) to reactivate is another matrix sentence. Useful Information suspends 365 days after expiry.
- Whether inbound texts while abroad reset any of those counts is unverified.