Bangladesh Bank
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.
Bangladesh Bank Monogram | |
| Headquarters | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
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| Established | 16 December 1971 |
| Ownership | 100% state ownership |
| Governor | Abdur Rouf Talukder |
| Central bank of | Bangladesh |
| Currency | Taka (৳) BDT (ISO 4217) |
| Reserves | ৳1700 billion (US$16 billion) |
| Bank rate | 4% |
| Website | www |
| 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. | |
The bank is active in developing green banking and financial inclusion policy and is an important member of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion. 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. Moreover, the organisation 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.