Bangladesh Bank

Bangladesh Bank
বাংলাদেশ ব্যাংক
	Bangladesh Bank Monogram
Headquarters	Bangladesh Bank Building, Motijheel, Dhaka
Coordinates	23°43′36″N 90°25′24″E / 23.7266°N 90.42323°E
Established	16 December 1971 (53 years ago)
Ownership	100% state ownership
Governor	Ahsan H. Mansur
Key people	Nurun Nahar; (Deputy Governor); Dr. Md. Habibur Rahman; (Deputy Governor); Md. Zakir Hossain Chowdhury; (Deputy Governor); Dr. Md. Kabir Ahmed; (Deputy Governor);
Central bank of	Bangladesh
Currency	Taka (৳); BDT (ISO 4217)
Reserves	৳2500 billion (US$21 billion) (January 2025)
Bank rate	8.50%; (15 December 2024);
Interest rate target	8.50%; (8 May 2024);
Preceded by	State Bank of Pakistan
Website	www.bb.org.bd
	Bangladesh Bank
Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Government of Bangladesh
Key document	Bangladesh Bank Order, 1972;
	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.

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.^[2] and financial inclusion policy and is an important member of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion.^[3] 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.^[4] 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.
^ "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.

[dnbinfo-1] Weidner, Jan (2017). "The Organisation and Structure of Central Banks" (PDF). Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek.

[2] "Green Banking in Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Bank. November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2014.

[3] "AFI Member Institutions". Alliance for Financial Inclusion. Archived from the original on 22 August 2012.

[4] "Complaints Form". cms.bb.org.bd. Retrieved 24 February 2021.

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