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Friday, September 21, 2007


Bangladesh Bank Bangladesh Bank is the Central bank of Bangladesh.

History
Bangladesh Bank performs all the functions, which a central bank of any country is expected to perform, and such functions include maintaining the price stability, supporting the economic and monetary policies of the central government, managing the country's foreign exchange and the gold reserve. Like all other central bank across the globe, Bangladesh Bank is both the Government's banker and the banker's bank, a "Lender of the Last Resort". Bangladesh Bank, like most of the central banks of different countries, exercises monopoly over the issue of currency and the banknotes. Except for the 1 and 2 taka notes, it issues all other denominations of Bangladeshi Taka.

Bangladesh Bank Functions
The highest official in the bank is the Governor (currently Salehuddin Ahmed). The Governor chairs the Board of Director. The Executive Staff, also headed by the Governor, are responsible for the day to day affairs.

Organisation
Chairman
Director
Secretary

Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed
Md. Allah Malik Kazemi
Dr. Wahid Uddin Mahmud
Dr. Sufia Ahmed
Siddiqur Rahman Chowdhury
Dr. Hossain Zillur Rahman
Md. Abdul Karim
Jafar Ahmad Chowdhury
K M Jamshed uz Zaman Current Board of Directors
Governor
Deputy Governor
Executive Director

Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed
Md. Allah Malik Kazemi
Md. Nazrul Huda
Ziaul Hasan Siddiqui
Md. Murshid Kuli Khan
Md. Nazmul Hoque
Md. Asaduzzaman Khan
Md. Khurshid-ul-Alam
Khandakar Muzharul Haque
Md. Abul Quasem
Nazir Ahmed Khan
K M Jamshed uz Zaman
Habib Ullah Bahar
Md. Yasin Ali
A.T.M. Nasiruddin
Md. Abdul Matin

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