Bangladesh Bank
Bangladesh Bank Building in Motijheel commercial area, Dhaka | |
| 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 (de jure) |
| Ownership | 100% state ownership |
| Governor | Ahsan H. Mansur |
| Key people |
|
| Central bank of | Bangladesh |
| Currency | Taka (৳) BDT (ISO 4217) |
| Reserves | ৳3300 billion (US$27 billion) (April 2025) |
| Bank rate |
|
| Interest rate target |
|
| Preceded by | State Bank of Pakistan |
| Website | www.bb.org.bd |
| Bangladesh Bank | |
| Agency overview | |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Bangladesh |
| Key document | |
| 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. | |
.jpg){kind=link}
Bangladesh Bank (BB; Bengali: বাংলাদেশ ব্যাংক, romanized: Bāṅlādēś Byāṅk) 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. 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 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.