diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0b04e9ce59..51457b63a1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2017-10-24  Mike FABIAN  <mfabian@redhat.com>
+
+	* localedata/locales/bn_BD (LC_MESSAGES): Use only the first
+	letters of the full yesstr and nostr in yesexpr and noexpr.
+
 2017-10-24  Mike FABIAN  <mfabian@redhat.com>
 
 	* localedata/locales/an_ES (LC_MESSAGES): Add yesstr and nostr.
diff --git a/localedata/locales/bn_BD b/localedata/locales/bn_BD
index b220c215e8..f193595eee 100644
--- a/localedata/locales/bn_BD
+++ b/localedata/locales/bn_BD
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ first_weekday 6
 END LC_TIME
 
 LC_MESSAGES
-yesexpr "<U005E><U005B><U002B><U0031><U09B9><U09CD><U09AF><U09BE><U0981><U0079><U0059><U005D>"
-noexpr  "<U005E><U005B><U002D><U0030><U09A8><U09BE><U006E><U004E><U005D>"
+yesexpr "^[+1yY<U09B9>]"
+noexpr  "^[-0nN<U09A8>]"
 yesstr  "<U09B9><U09CD><U09AF><U09BE><U0981>"
 nostr   "<U09A8><U09BE>"
 END LC_MESSAGES