bracNet Business Directory

The search form lets you find listings for businesses/institutions in a certain district or even at a particular address based on the type of business or the name of a company. You can search for public/private companies, government offices, NGOs, chambers of doctors/lawyers, stores, etc

.	Please enter the type of business you are looking for in the Keyword field e.g., garments, stores.
.	If you are looking for a particular company/institution, please enter the name (full name or partial) in the Business Name field e.g., Square or Square Hospitals.
.	Choose the district.
.	If you want to narrow down your results, you can type in the location name in the Street field e.g., Gulshan.
.	To search throughout an entire district, leave the Street field blank.
.	It doesn't matter whether you use upper or lowercase letters.
.	Click Search

How to Use the Keyword Field

The Keyword field is used to find businesses of a particular type, or that are in a particular industry (e.g., garments, stores). You can also click on the Browse Category or Categories link to select from a hierarchical list of industries, and then further refine your results by choosing the appropriate sub-categories (e.g., knitwear, jewelry stores).

Tips for using the Keyword field

Enter a word describing the industry you're interested in, for example agriculture. The service will return a list of categories that match the word, for example Industry and Agriculture. You can then select from the list of matching sub-categories to display the business listings.

You can browse through a list of all the categories by clicking on the Browse Categories or Categories List link.

How to Use the Business Name Field

The Business Name field is used to find businesses whose name contains a particular phrase. So, you are required to enter at least two letters.

Tip for using the Business Name field

You can enter the full business name, or just part of the name in the Business Name field. For example, any of the following entries (among others) could be used in the Business Name field to find Rozi Printing Press: Rozi Printing Press, Rozi, Printing, Press, Printing Press, but not "Rozi Press". You could also enter any two letters in the name, however, because the results are ordered with the closest match showing first (please read result order below); you will find your result faster if you type in a word. It is usually best to omit the generic parts of business names, like Company, Incorporated, Limited and abbreviations.
If you are sure about the exact spelling of the company's full-name, you could choose the exact matching option. This way you limit your search results to only one company whose full name matches exactly what you entered in the Business Name Field.

How to Use the Street Field

The Street field is used to find businesses located on a particular address. You can enter a street number along with the street name to find what businesses are at a specific address. You could also just enter the location name e.g., Gulshan.

Tips for using the Street field

Be sure to also choose the right District when searching for a particular street address/ location.

It is usually best to enter only the location and not the full adress because chances of making spelling mistakes in the full address are higher.

How to Use the District Field

The District field is used to find businesses located in a particular district. You must choose a district to do any search.
You can use it to find all businesses of a particular industry in a particular area, e.g., find all schools in Chittagong: type in school in Keyword and chose Chittagong in District.
You can also use it to find a particular business in a particular district. e.g., Brac's Gopalganj Office: type in Brac in Business Name and choose Gopalganj in district.

How to use the Category Browser feature

Click on the Browse Categories or Category list link to use the hierarchical category browser. It includes all the categories arranged under twenty-one top-level headings. Click a top-level heading to see the related subheadings and categories. After you select a category, you will be shown the list of businesses under that category -all over Bangladesh.

How to use the Navigation History

The navigation history near the top of most pages shows you where you are in relation to the home page.
You can go directly to any links listed in the navigation history by clicking on the name of the page.

Use the Navigation History to

.	Start a new search,
.	While browsing categories, to go back from a Results page to a Category/sub-category page to review other sub-categories.

What to do if no matching listings are found

There are several reasons why the service may find no matching listings even when you have reason to believe there probably are some listings:

.	The keyword you entered may not be in our category names. Click on browse categories to find the appropriate categories.
.	The business may be listed under a different category. Try typing in the name in the Business name field.
.	Something may have been misspelled. Check for spelling mistakes and search again.
.	Abbreviations may not be recognized, so be sure that all words are spelled out in full and then search again.
.	For more suggestions, check the information about each search field in the section on How to use the Search Forms.

Matching Categories page

If the service finds more than one category that matches the search criteria, a Matching Categories page displaying the different categories is shown. Each matching category is listed in hierarchical order along with the subcategories it contains. Note that the same business may appear in more than one category. Just click on a category name to see the matching listings in that category.

If only one matching category is found, the Matching Categories page is not displayed. The list of matching companies will be shown along with the name of the category on the top of the page.
If only once company is found in one matching category, then the company details page is displayed directly.

Results page

All listings that match your search criteria are displayed on this page. From here, you can choose the specific company/institution you are looking for and view the details.
If there is only one matching listing, then only that listing along with all the details are displayed.

Order of listings

Assume that you searched for "ABC" in Dhaka and that there are numerous matching listings. The search results shown in the following order:

.	ABC (The exact match)
.	ABC Bank (a name that starts with the word ABC)
.	The ABC Housing (a name that contains the word ABC)
.	The ABCNet (a name that contains the phrase "ABC")

If a search result in more than one page of listings in any one category, the Results page for that category will display an index at the top of the page, which will help you to quickly jump to any part of the list you choose.