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The first treasury notes in 1972 for ৳ 1 and notes of the Bangladesh Bank for ৳ 5, ৳ 10 and ৳ 100. In 1977, banknotes for ৳ 50 were introduced, followed by ৳ 500 in 1979 and ৳ 20 in 1982. ৳ 1 treasury notes were issued until 1992, with ৳ 2 treasury notes introduced in 1989. ৳ 1000 banknotes were introduced in 2008.
The newly independent government immediately designated the Dhaka branch of the State Bank of Pakistan as the central bank and renamed it the Bangladesh Bank. [9] The bank was responsible for regulating currency, controlling credit and monetary policy, and administering exchange control and the official foreign exchange reserves . [ 9 ]
On 7 April 1972, after the Bangladesh Liberation War and the eventual independence of Bangladesh, the Government of Bangladesh passed the Bangladesh Bank Order, (P.O. No. 127 of 1972), reorganising the Dhaka branch of the State Bank of Pakistan as Bangladesh Bank, the country's central bank and apex regulatory body for the country's monetary and financial system.
Bangladesh Bank is the central bank of Bangladesh and the chief regulatory authority in the banking sector. According to the Bangladesh Bank Order, 1972 the Government of Bangladesh reorganized the Dhaka Branch of the State Bank of Pakistan as the central bank of the country and named it Bangladesh Bank with retrospective effect from 16 ...
The Bangladeshi 2-taka note (৳2) is made up of hundred 200 poisa as ৳2 = 200 poisa. Currently, it is one of government-issued Bangladeshi banknote in circulation. As a result, the two taka note is a note bearing the signature of the Finance Secretary and not the Governor of the national bank of the country.
Grameen Bank (Bengali: গ্রামীণ ব্যাংক) is a microfinance, specialized community development bank founded in Bangladesh. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It provides small loans (known as microcredit or "grameencredit") [ 7 ] to the impoverished without requiring collateral .
The Institute of Bankers was registered on the 6 February 1973 as an association under the Societies Registration Act, 1660 (Act No. XXI of 1660). [2] Before that some eminent bankers and other professionals decided, in a meeting held on 26 July 1972, to establish the institute as a professional body of banks and financial institutions in Bangladesh.
[10] [11] In January 2014, Bangladesh Bank ordered Karmasangsthan Bank to not open new branches and set a series of conditions the bank must meet. [12] Kaniz Fatema was appointed chairman of the bank in April. [13] Kazi Sanaul Hoq was appointed managing director of Karmasangsthan Bank in August 2019. [14] It provides funding to workers training ...