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 Bangladesh Bank Monogram | |
| Headquarters | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
|---|---|
| Established | 16 December 1971 |
| Ownership | 100% state ownership[1] |
| Governor | Ahsan H. Mansur |
| Central bank of | Bangladesh |
| Currency | Taka (৳) BDT (ISO 4217) |
| Reserves | ৳1700 billion (US$14 billion) |
| Bank rate | 4%[2] |
| Website | https://www.bb.org.bd/en/ |
| reserves data up to month of Aug 2015. source: "Bangladesh's forex reserves cross record $26 billion mark". bdnews24.com. bdnews24.com. 17 August 2015. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. | |
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Bangladesh Bank (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ ব্যাংক) is the central bank of Bangladesh and is a member of the Asian Clearing Union. It is fully owned by the Government of Bangladesh.
The bank is active in developing green banking.[3] and financial inclusion policy and is an important member of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion.[4] Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), a department of Bangladesh Bank, is a member FIU of the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units.
Bangladesh Bank is the first central bank in the world to introduce a dedicated hotline (16236) for people to complain about any banking-related problem.[5] Moreover, the organization is the first central bank in the world to issue a "Green Banking Policy". To acknowledge this contribution, then-governor Dr. Atiur Rahman was given the title 'Green Governor' at the 2012 United Nations Climate Change Conference, which was held at the Qatar National Convention Centre in Doha.
- ^ Weidner, Jan (2017). "The Organisation and Structure of Central Banks" (PDF). Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek.
- ^ "Interest rates (Monthly)". Bangladesh Bank. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ^ "Green Banking in Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Bank. November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2014.
- ^ "AFI Member Institutions". Alliance for Financial Inclusion. Archived from the original on 22 August 2012.
- ^ "Complaints Form". cms.bb.org.bd. Retrieved 24 February 2021.