PayrollBangladesh lets companies in the USA, Canada, the UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East hire dedicated, full-time remote employees in Bangladesh without opening a local entity. We recruit the person, employ them under Bangladesh law, pay their salary and tax, and bind them with an NDA and an IP assignment to your company. You direct the work; we carry the employment.
What Does PayrollBangladesh Handle So You Don’t Have To?
As the legal employer, PayrollBangladesh handles the employment contract, payroll, tax, statutory benefits and HR, so you need no company, payroll set-up or local contracts in Bangladesh. You manage the employee’s work as you would any team member.
- Register a company, branch or liaison office in Bangladesh
- Set up Bangladesh payroll or withhold Bangladesh income tax
- Follow Bangladesh labour law, festival bonus and leave rules yourself
- Draft local employment contracts
- The employment contract, as the legal employer
- Monthly salary, tax deductions and payroll records
- Statutory benefits, holidays and leave
- HR administration and offboarding
What Does a Remote Employee Service Include?
A remote employee service from PayrollBangladesh includes recruitment, an employment contract with an NDA and IP assignment, monthly payroll and tax, statutory benefits, HR administration and offboarding.
Candidate Sourcing and Screening
We source candidates in Bangladesh against your job description, check skills and references, and send you a shortlist. You interview them and choose. Deeper background screening is available if you need it.
Contract With NDA and IP Assignment
We issue the employment contract under Bangladesh law, including a non-disclosure agreement and an intellectual property assignment to your company.
Monthly Payroll and Tax
We pay salary in Bangladeshi taka, withhold income tax at source and keep the records the law requires. Already have staff in Bangladesh? See payroll outsourcing.
Statutory Benefits
We administer the benefits Bangladesh law requires, including festival bonuses, paid holidays and statutory leave.
HR Administration
We keep leave records, answer the employee’s HR questions and process contract changes. Managing a whole offshore team? See offshore HR management.
Offboarding
When an employment ends, we handle notice, final settlement and exit documents under local rules.
How Do You Hire a Remote Employee in Bangladesh From Abroad?
Define the role, review a shortlist, interview online, sign the local contract and start work. You don’t need to travel or register a company.
Define the Role
Share the job, skills, seniority, English level and the hours you need.
Review a Shortlist
We screen candidates and send you the strongest profiles.
Interview Online
You interview the candidates by video and choose your hire.
Sign the Contract
We make the offer and sign the contract, with an NDA and IP assignment to you.
Start Work
The employee joins your team while we run payroll, tax and HR.
How Is Your IP and Confidential Information Protected?
Every employment contract includes a non-disclosure agreement and an intellectual property assignment to your company, so the work your remote employee creates belongs to you.
- Non-disclosure agreement covering your business information
- Intellectual property assigned to your company
- You control which systems, accounts and data the employee can access
Will a Remote Employee Work in Your Time Zone?
Yes. Bangladesh Standard Time is UTC+6 all year, and working hours are fixed in the contract. Here is what a 9:00–17:00 day in your city means in Dhaka.
| Your city | Your 9:00–17:00 in Dhaka (your standard time) | During your daylight saving time |
|---|---|---|
| New York / Toronto | 20:00–04:00 | 19:00–03:00 |
| Los Angeles / Vancouver | 23:00–07:00 | 22:00–06:00 |
| London | 15:00–23:00 | 14:00–22:00 |
| Berlin / Paris | 14:00–22:00 | 13:00–21:00 |
| Dubai | 11:00–19:00 | No daylight saving |
| Riyadh | 12:00–20:00 | No daylight saving |
| Sydney | 05:00–13:00 | 04:00–12:00 |
| Auckland | 03:00–11:00 | 02:00–10:00 |
Middle East clients get a near-normal Dhaka working day. For North American hours, agree an evening or night shift in the contract; for Europe, a late shift or a few hours of overlap usually works.
Remote Employee vs Freelancer vs Employer of Record: Which Do You Need?
Choose remote employee staffing if you need someone found and employed for you, employer of record onboarding if you already have the person, recruitment only if you will employ them yourself, and a freelancer for one-off tasks.
If this is you
You need a full-time person found, employed and paid for you, with an NDA and IP assignment
You need
Remote employee staffing
If this is you
You have already chosen the person and need a legal employer in Bangladesh
You need
If this is you
You only need help finding candidates and will employ them yourself
You need
If this is you
You need a short, one-off task done with no ongoing commitment
You need
A freelancer
Why Hire Remote Employees in Bangladesh?
Companies abroad hire remote employees in Bangladesh for a large online-skilled workforce, lower overheads than an office hire, and full-time commitment that freelancers don’t offer.
A Large Online-Skilled Workforce
A 2017 Oxford Internet Institute study found Bangladesh supplied about 16% of the world’s online workers, second only to India.
Lower Overheads
A remote employee needs no office lease, furniture or utilities from you. You pay for the role, not the building around it.
Dedicated, Not Shared
A salaried employee works only for your company and builds knowledge of your business over time, unlike a freelancer splitting time across clients.
Which Roles Can You Hire Remotely?
If the work can be done online, we can usually recruit and employ for it. Common roles include:
What Does a Remote Employee Cost, and How Do You Pay?
We quote each role individually and invoice in US dollars or Bangladeshi taka.
The cost depends on the salary for the role and seniority, statutory costs such as festival bonuses and paid leave, any equipment or allowances you provide, and the PayrollBangladesh service fee.
Frequently Asked Questions From International Clients
Straight answers to what clients in the USA, Europe, Australia and the Middle East ask us first.
PayrollBangladesh. The employee signs a local employment contract with PayrollBangladesh, which runs payroll, tax and HR in Bangladesh. Your company directs the daily work.
No. Because PayrollBangladesh employs the person locally, companies in the USA, UK, Europe, Australia or the Middle East can hire in Bangladesh without registering a branch, liaison office or subsidiary.
Your company does. Every employment contract includes an intellectual property assignment in your favour.
Yes. Every employment contract includes a non-disclosure agreement covering your business information.
Yes. PayrollBangladesh invoices in US dollars or Bangladeshi taka.
You interview every shortlisted candidate yourself, so you judge their spoken and written English directly before making an offer. State the level you need in the job description.
Yes. Working hours, including evening or night shifts, are agreed in the employment contract before the start date. Under Bangladesh law, a female employee may work between 10 pm and 6 am only with her consent.
Yes. If you have already chosen the candidate, PayrollBangladesh can act as their employer of record, issue the contract and run payroll without a recruitment process.
No. A freelancer is self-employed and usually works for several clients. A remote employee is a salaried, full-time employee who works only for your company, under a contract with an NDA and IP assignment.
WRITTEN BY
Romana Akter Shila, Chief Executive Officer, PayrollBangladesh
8 years in EOR and payroll operations · Last updated October 2026
Bangladesh Employment Rules We Handle for You
General information for foreign companies hiring remote employees in Bangladesh. It is not legal advice, and rules change, so we confirm the current position for your case in writing.
- Who counts as a “worker” is decided by duties, not job title. The Bangladesh Labour (Amendment) Act 2026 revised the definition of “worker” in section 2(65) of the Bangladesh Labour Act 2006 to cover skilled, technical and clerical work regardless of designation. People employed mainly in a managerial, administrative or supervisory capacity remain outside it, but their actual duties decide, so we set each remote employee’s duties out in the appointment letter.Source: Legal 500
- Working hours and night work. An adult worker normally works up to 8 hours a day and 48 hours a week. With overtime, daily hours may not exceed 10, and overtime is paid at twice the ordinary basic wage. Under section 109, a woman may work between 10 pm and 6 am only with her consent.Source: Bangladesh Labour Act 2006, Chapter IX
- Holidays and leave. Paid festival holidays rose from 11 to 13 days a year, and maternity leave from 112 to 120 days, under the 2025–2026 reforms. Casual, sick and annual leave also apply.Source: Prothom Alo
- Festival bonuses. Under the Bangladesh Labour Rules 2015, a worker with one year of continuous service receives two festival bonuses a year, each not exceeding one month’s basic wage.Source: OGR Legal
- Income tax on salary. Salary is taxed under the Income Tax Act 2023. As the employer, PayrollBangladesh withholds tax at source from monthly salary and handles the related filings.
Workforce statistic source: The Daily Star on the Oxford Internet Institute study (2017).