They are produced by Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory, located in Gazipur.

The plate is only removed when the vehicle has reached the end of service and has been sold for scrap.

On October 31, 2012, the BRTA launched the Digital Number Plate project, where they would start to issue new standardized retro-reflective plates with embossed characters and an RFID tag for tracking and identification purposes.

The second line of the license plate shows a six-digit registration number acting as a unique identifier for the vehicle.

The letters permitted in the vehicle registration plate are: অ ই উ এ ক খ গ ঘ ঙ চ ছ জ ঝ ট ঠ ড ঢ ত থ দ ন প ফ ব ভ ম য র ল শ স হ The numerals permitted in the vehicle registration plate are: ০ ১ ২ ৩ ৪ ৫ ৬ ৭ ৮ ৯ White  = Private service vehicle Green  = Commercial vehicle