Bangladesh National (jatiyo) Keyboard

A standardised keyboard layout created by the Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) on authority of the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. As of 2022, this is the standard layout issued by the Bangladesh Government.

Installed directly on Windows Bangla (Bangladesh) language without any 3^rd party software.

Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with the BCC or the Government. Having searched for a 1^st party (built-in) layout/keyboard for the national layout on Windows and failing to find any, I decided to make one from scratch using Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator (MKLC) v1.4.

Important Points

• There is no 3^rd party software involved. The .msi and .exe files are generated by MKLC.
• It is installed directly onto the official Bangla (Bangladesh) language on Windows so make sure to add said language from the language setting before installing the keyboard.
• It is only available for Windows (vista, 7, 8, 10, 11).
• It is not a phonetic keyboard.
• It is encouraged to verify the setup.exe file on VirusTotal before proceeding to install, for peace of mind.

How to install

• Go to the language setting on Windows, click on add a language and download/install the Bangla (Bangladesh) one.
• Download the .zip file from here.
• Extract it.
• Click on setup.exe.
• Restart the computer/laptop.
• Go to the installed keyboards section of the Bangla (Bangladesh) language setting and remove any variant of the keyboard except the National (Jatiyo) Layout.

How to use

• The full picture layout can be found here.
• Use this site for learning the layout and this site for practising.
• Use ⊞ Win + Space bar for changing the input language.
• Use this conjunction sheet for reference on the difficult word/letter formations.

Layout Key Instruction

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