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Encyclopedia > Bangladesh Bank

Bangladesh Bank is the central bank of Bangladesh. It is owned completely by the Government of Bangladesh.

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Origin

After the liberation war, and the independence of Bangladesh, the Governement of Bangladesh reorganized the Dhaka branch of the State Bank of Pakistan as the central bank of the country, and named it Bangladesh Bank. This reorganization was done persuant to Bangladesh Bank Order, 1972, and the Bangladesh Bank came into existence with retrospective effect from 16th December 1971. The Bangladesh Liberation War (two other names are also used occasionally) refers to a roughly nine-month armed conflict between West Pakistan (now Pakistan) and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh. ... Note: You may need a Bangla Font to see all the characters on this page. ... The State Bank of Pakistan is Pakistans central bank. ... (Redirected from 16th December) December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ...


Functions

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 Governement’s banker and the banker’s bank, a “Lender of the Last Resort”. Bangladesh Bank, like most of the central banks of different countries, excercises 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. In the foreign exchange market, the currency traders goal is to earn as much profit as possible as a result of purchasing and selling foreign currencies. ... A £20 Ulster Bank banknote. ... The Taka is the official currency of Bangladesh. ... The Taka is the official currency of Bangladesh. ...


See also

The Taka is the official currency of Bangladesh. ...

External link

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Bangladesh Bank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (216 words)
Bangladesh Bank is the central bank of Bangladesh.
After the liberation war, and the independence of Bangladesh, the Governement of Bangladesh reorganized the Dhaka branch of the State Bank of Pakistan as the central bank of the country, and named it Bangladesh Bank.
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.
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