DCM Circular Letter No. 01: Instruction to be followed by scheduled banks for preventing fake note circulation during the month of holy Ramadan/2022

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Department of Currency Management

Bangladesh Bank
(Central Bank of Bangladesh)
Head Office
Motijheel, Dhaka-1000
Bangladesh.

16 Chaitra, 1428
Date:
30 March, 2022

DCM Circular Letter No. 01/2022

Managing Director/Chief Executive
All Scheduled Banks Operating in Bangladesh.

Dear Sir,

Regarding the necessary measures to be taken to prevent fake notes on the occasion of the holy Ramadan.

You are aware that the mischievous activities of note counterfeiting circles increase in the prelude to various festivals. In this context, you are requested to take the following steps to prevent the mischievous activities of note counterfeiting circles on the occasion of the holy Ramadan:

(1) Promote videos containing security features of banknotes for at least 01 (one) hour in the evening at important gathering places/road junctions in Dhaka Metropolitan City and other divisional cities including Bogura district, according to the schedule specified in 'Appendix-A' during the holy Ramadan month;

(2) Display the aforementioned video on the TV monitors installed at your bank branches for customers throughout the entire banking hours;

(3) Carefully receive notes from customers and mandatorily check notes with a counterfeit detector machine in accordance with the instructions of this department's circular No. IPD:169/2013-03 dated 11/12/2013, during the receipt and issuance of notes and before feeding money into ATM machines; and

(4) Send a brief report prepared by your bank on the matters implemented under the above instructions to this department within the next 10 (ten) working days after the completion of the holy Ramadan month.

This matter is of public interest and extremely urgent.

Yours faithfully,

(Md. Abdul Halim)
Deputy Governor (In-charge)
Phone: 9530232

Phone: 88-02-9550448, 9524896, IP: 88-02-55685001-6, Fax: 88-02-9530479, www.bb.org.bd

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Appendix-A

Schedule for displaying videos containing security features of banknotes on the occasion of Holy Ramadan/2022

S.No	Name of Bank	Location	Date
1.	Sonali Bank Ltd.	Shapla Square, Motijheel	April 12, 19 & 27, 2022
2.	Agrani Bank Ltd.	Abdullahpur, Uttara	April 12, 19 & 27, 2022
3.	Janata Bank Ltd.	Mahakhali Bus Terminal	April 12, 19 & 27, 2022
4.	Rupali Bank Ltd.	Dilkusha	April 12, 19 & 27, 2022
5.	Pubali Bank Ltd.	Shahbagh	April 12, 19 & 27, 2022
6.	Uttara Bank Ltd.	Sadarghat Launch Terminal	April 12, 19 & 27, 2022
7.	AB Bank Ltd.	Habiganj	April 12, 19 & 27, 2022
8.	National Bank Ltd.	Yatriabad Bus Stop	April 12, 19 & 27, 2022
9.	The City Bank Ltd.	Badda	April 12, 19 & 27, 2022
10.	Southeast Bank Ltd.	Agargaon	April 12, 19 & 27, 2022
11.	Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd.	Gulistan Bus Stop	April 12, 19 & 27, 2022
12.	Dhaka Bank Ltd.	Sayedabad Bus Terminal	April 12, 19 & 27, 2022
13.	IFIC Bank Ltd.	Shonir Akhra	April 12, 19 & 27, 2022
14.	State Bank of India	Banani Bazar	April 12, 19 & 27, 2022
15.	Bangladesh Commerce Bank Ltd.	Malibag Super Market	April 12, 19 & 27, 2022
16.	Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC	Hatirpool Bazar	April 12, 19 & 27, 2022
17.	Jamuna Bank Ltd.	Rampura Bazar	April 12, 19 & 27, 2022
18.	Habib Bank Ltd.	Uttara-9 No. Sector	April 12, 19 & 27, 2022
19.	UCB Bank	Azimpur, Uttara	April 12, 19 & 27, 2022
20.	One Bank Ltd.	Banshree	April 12, 19 & 27, 2022
21.	First Security Islamic Bank Ltd.	Mohammadpur Agricultural Market	April 12, 19 & 27, 2022
22.	Shahjalal Islami Bank Ltd.	New Market	April 12, 19 & 27, 2022
23.	National Bank of Pakistan	Nayapaltan	April 12, 19 & 27, 2022
24.	Mutual Trust Bank Ltd.	Elephant Road	April 12, 19 & 27, 2022
25.	City Bank N.A.	Kamalapur Railway Station	April 12, 19 & 27, 2022
26.	Exim Bank Ltd.	Mirpur-10 Gol Chok	April 12, 19 & 27, 2022
27.	United Commercial Bank Ltd.	Mouchak Market	April 12, 19 & 27, 2022
28.	Social Islami Bank Ltd.	Kolabagan Bus Stop	April 12, 19 & 27, 2022
29.	Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd.	Shantinagar Modal	April 12, 19 & 27, 2022
30.	National Credit and Commerce Bank Ltd.	Kalyanpur Bus Stand	April 12, 19 & 27, 2022

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S.No	Name of Bank	Location	Date
31.	Mercantile Bank Ltd.	Imamganj	April 13, 20 & 28, 2022
32.	Standard Bank Ltd.	Kawran Bazar	April 13, 20 & 28, 2022
33.	The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd.	Kudil/Yamina Future Park	April 13, 20 & 28, 2022
34.	The Premier Bank Ltd.	Fakirapul Bazar	April 13, 20 & 28, 2022
35.	ICBC Islamic Bank Ltd.	Karwan Bazar	April 13, 20 & 28, 2022
36.	Eastern Bank Ltd.	Banshal	April 13, 20 & 28, 2022
37.	Prime Bank Ltd.	Mirpur-1	April 13, 20 & 28, 2022
38.	Trust Bank Ltd.	Kochukhet Bazar	April 13, 20 & 28, 2022
39.	BRAC Bank Ltd.	Rajdhani Super Market, Tikatuli	April 13, 20 & 28, 2022
40.	Bangladesh Krishi Bank Ltd.	Alam Market, Jurain	April 13, 20 & 28, 2022
41.	Basic Bank Ltd.	Shamoli Square	April 13, 20 & 28, 2022
42.	Bank Al Falah Ltd.	Mirpur-12	April 13, 20 & 28, 2022
43.	Al-Arafah Islami Bank Ltd.	Shahjahanpur	April 13, 20 & 28, 2022
44.	Bangladesh Development Bank Ltd.	Farmgate	April 13, 20 & 28, 2022
45.	Standard Chartered Bank	Gulshan-2 Gol Chok	April 13, 20 & 28, 2022
46.	Bank Asia Ltd.	Basabo	April 13, 20 & 28, 2022
47.	NRIB Commercial Bank Ltd.	Mugdapa	April 13, 20 & 28, 2022
48.	Global Islami Bank Ltd.	Ring Road	April 13, 20 & 28, 2022
49.	Madhumati Bank Ltd.	Mahakhali Kanchabazar	April 13, 20 & 28, 2022
50.	NRIB Bank Ltd.	Nawabpur	April 13, 20 & 28, 2022
51.	Midland Bank Ltd.	Bioman Bondar Railway Station	April 13, 20 & 28, 2022
52.	South Bangla Agriculture and Commerce Bank Ltd.	Baytul Mokarram	April 13, 20 & 28, 2022
53.	Meghna Bank Ltd.	Chokbazar	April 13, 20 & 28, 2022
54.	Union Bank Ltd.	Gulshan-1 Gol Chok	April 13, 20 & 28, 2022
55.	Simant Bank Ltd.	Simant Square	April 13, 20 & 28, 2022
56.	Padma Bank Ltd.	Sat Mosque Road, Dhanmondi	April 13, 20 & 28, 2022
57.	Community Bank Bangladesh Ltd.	Chokbazar	April 13, 20 & 28, 2022
58.	Bengal Commercial Bank Ltd.	Sonargaon Janapath Road, Uttara	April 13, 20 & 28, 2022