bangladesh bank

bangladesh bank

Establishment Bangladesh Bank, the central bank and apex regulatory body for the country's monetary and financial system, was established in Dhaka as a body corporate vide the Bangladesh Bank Order, 1972 (P.O. No. 127 of 1972) with effect from 16th December, 1971. At present it has ten offices located at Motijheel, Sadarghat, Chittagong, Khulna, Bogra, Rajshahi, Sylhet, Barisal, Rangpur and Mymensingh in Bangladesh; total manpower stood at 4951 (officials 3961, subordinate staff 990) as on November 30, 2012.

VISION To develop continually as a forwardlooking central bank with competent and committed professionals of high ethical standards, conducting monetary management and financial sector supervision to maintain price stability and financial system robustness, supporting rapid broad based inclusive economic growth, employment generation and poverty eradication in Bangladesh MISSION We at Bangladesh Bank are carrying out its following main functions as the country�s central bank: Formulating monetary and credit policies; Managing currency issue and regulating payment ystem; Managing foreign exchange reserves and regulating the foreign exchange market; Regulating and supervising banks and financial institutions, and advising the government on interactions and impacts of fiscal, monetary and other economic policies. We are discharging these functions in a forward looking, proactive, responsive and consultative manner. In our aspiration for ever higher standards of performance we are aware of our limitations in independence, logistics, professional know-how and appropriateness of skill sets in staffing; we are persistent in effort to overcome these limitations. In our work we shall preserve and further strengthen the already earned confidence and trust of the nation, to continue being seen as a respected institution to be emulated. Towards achieving these, our performance commitments to our diverse broad stakeholder groups are as follows: For the Nation We shall catalyze and support socially responsible and environmentally sustainable development initiatives, inter alia including fuller financial inclusion of under-served productive sectors and bringing in needed new dimensions in financial markets and institutions; to facilitate broad based growth in output, employment and income, for rapid poverty eradication and inclusive economic and social progress. For the government We shall adopt and implement monetary and credit policies conforming with national priorities, in coordination with government's fiscal and other macroeconomic objectives. We shall optimize foreign exchange reserves and returns thereon,maintain stability in financial markets curbing excessive volatility, and provide analysis and advice to the government on issues in economic management and development. For depositors in banks and financial institutions, investors in financial assets We shall ensure safety of deposits in licensed banks and financial institutions with on-site and off-site supervision of their activities and with adequate financial information disclosure requirements, besides insuring small deposits. We shall maintain an interest rate structure that provides fair return on financial assets while also supporting growth in the real sector, and we shall promote and support development of markets in bonds and securities. For banks and financial institutions in Bangladesh We shall provide precise prudential regulatory, risk management and disclosure framework to protect solvency and liquidity of individual institutions and stability of the overall financial system, acting as lender of last resort if and when needed. We shall issue regulations and enforce compliance therewith inter alia on capital adequacy, asset classification, income recognition and provisioning, large exposure and risk management; through open consultative processes. We shall maintain external sector viability with exchange rate stability and adequate foreign exchange reserves. We shall provide a secure and quick payment settlement system. We shall promote and support development of new financial products, services and instruments. For banks abroad We shall maintain a solvent, liquid domestic financial system with precise prudential regulatory, risk management and disclosure framework in line with global best practice standards. We shall maintain external sector viability with exchange rate stability and adequate reserves. We shall maintain a secure, quick payment system for settlement of claims. For the business community, including farm and non-farm SMEs We shall maintain liquidity conditions and credit policies ensuring adequate credit flows at market driven flexible interest rates for all productive economic activities, including in sectors like agriculture and SMEs where markets have not been very responsive. We shall foster macroeconomic stability through monetary and external sector management. We shall promote and support development of new financial products, services and instruments. We shall maintain a secure and quick payment system for settlement of claims. For Bangladeshis abroad We shall facilitate remittances from your earnings abroad to Bangladesh through legitimate banking channels free of involvement of money launderers or terrorism financiers. We shall support and promote development of new investment opportunities for your remittances to Bangladesh. For our employees We shall maintain an environment that reinforces our pride in being employees of Bangladesh Bank with compensation structure adequate to attract and retain the best in the market, job assignments and logistically well resourced work situations encouraging continuous learning and rewarding innovativeness and performance excellence by fast tracking in career path, clear delegation and delineation of responsibilities and accountabilities, fairness and objectivity in performance appraisal and personnel placement decisions.

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