DCM Circular Letter No. 01: Instructions for Scheduled Banks During Ramadan to Prevent Fake Note Circulation

20119

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

Department of Currency Management
(Fake and Obsolete Notes Prevention and Review Cell)

4 Chaitra, 1430
DCM Circular Letter No.- 01/2024
Date:
18 March, 2024

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

Dear Sir,

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

You are aware that the misdeeds of note forgery rings increase before various festivals. In this context, you are advised to take the following steps to prevent the misdeeds of forgery rings on the occasion of the upcoming holy month of Ramadan:

(1) Video images containing security features of banknotes [which have been supplied through letter number DCM(FN)410(Sabha)/2023-614 dated 07/02/2023 of this department] must be broadcast for at least 01 (one) hour after sunset at important gathering places such as Hat Bazaar, Shopping Malls, Bus Terminals, Railway Stations, etc., or street corners in the respective divisional cities and Bogura district city according to 'Annexure-A' in Dhaka city and according to the schedule determined by other offices of Bangladesh Bank;

(2) Necessary information including the name, designation, and mobile number of one suitable coordination officer nominated by each bank to monitor the aforementioned video broadcasting activities must be sent to the email address rafat.fatema@bb.org.bd by 21/03/2024;

(3) The aforementioned video image must be displayed on TV monitors installed for customers at bank branches throughout banking hours during the month of Ramadan;

(4) It must be ensured that notes are checked with a counterfeit detection machine compulsorily before accepting and issuing high-value notes at branches and feeding money into ATMs, in accordance with the instructions mentioned in Circular No.-IMS:96/2013-03 dated 11/12/2013 of this department; and

(5) An illustrated report regarding the compliance of the above instructions by your bank must be sent to this department within 10 (ten) working days immediately after the end of the holy month of Ramadan.

Yours faithfully,

(Signature)
(Md. Moskudduz Zaman)
Director (DCM)
Phone: 9530090

Phone: 88-02-9550448, 9554896, IP: 88-02-55645001-6, Fax: 88-02-9530479, Web: www.bb.org.bd

Annexure-A

Schedule for displaying video images containing security features of banknotes on the occasion of holy Ramadan

Serial No.	Name of Bank	Location	Date
1.	Sonali Bank PLC	Shapla Square, Motijheel	Every working day of Ramadan month
2.	Agrani Bank PLC	Abdullahpur, Uttara	All weekly holidays of Ramadan month (Friday and Saturday)
3.	Janata Bank PLC	Mahakhali Bus Terminal	Same
4.	Rupali Bank PLC	Dilkusha	Same
5.	Pubali Bank PLC	Shahbagh	Same
6.	Uttara Bank PLC	Islamipur	Same
7.	AB Bank PLC	Hazaribagh	Same
8.	National Bank Ltd.	Jatrabari Bus Stop	Same
9.	City Bank PLC	Badda	Same
10.	Southeast Bank PLC	Bangla Motor	Same
11.	Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC	Gulistan Bus Stop	Same
12.	Dhaka Bank PLC	Sayedabad Bus Terminal	Same
13.	IFIC Bank PLC	Shonir Akhra	Same
14.	State Bank of India	Banani Bazar	Same
15.	Bangladesh Commerce Bank Ltd.	Malibag Super Market	Same
16.	Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC	Hatirpool Bazar	Same
17.	Jamuna Bank PLC	Rampura Bazar	Same
18.	Habib Bank Ltd.	House Building Corner, Uttara	Same
19.	UCB Bank	Azimpur, Uttara	Same
20.	One Bank PLC	Bonshree	Same
21.	First Security Islamic Bank PLC	Mohammadpur Krishi Market	Same
22.	Shahjalal Islamic Bank PLC	New Market	Same
23.	National Bank of Pakistan	Nayapaltan	Same
24.	Mutual Trust Bank PLC	Elephant Road	Same
25.	Madhumati Bank PLC	Kamalapur Railway Station	Same
26.	Exim Bank Ltd.	Mirpur-10 Gol Chowrangi	Same
27.	United Commercial Bank PLC	Mauchak Market	Same
28.	Social Islamic Bank PLC	Bashundhara City Shopping Mall	Same
29.	Dutch-Bangla Bank PLC	Shantinagar Mor	Same
30.	Bank Asia Ltd.	Basabo	Same

Serial No.	Name of Bank	Location	Date
31.	South Bengal Agricultural & Commerce Bank PLC	Baytul Mokarram	All weekly holidays of Ramadan month (Friday and Saturday)
32.	Standard Bank Ltd.	Kawran Bazar	Same
33.	Union Bank PLC	Jamuna Future Park	Same
34.	The Premier Bank PLC	Bailey Road	Same
35.	ICB Islamic Bank Ltd.	Kawran Bazar	Same
36.	Eastern Bank PLC	Wari	Same
37.	Prime Bank PLC	Mirpur-1 Chowrangi	Same
38.	Trust Bank Ltd.	Kochukhet Bazar	Same
39.	BRAC Bank PLC	Capital Super Market, Tikatuli	Same
40.	Bangladesh Krishi Bank	Alam Market, Jurain	Same
41.	Basic Bank Ltd.	Shamoli Square	Same
42.	Bank Al Falah Ltd.	Mirpur-12	Same
43.	Al-Arafah Islami Bank PLC	Shahjahanpur	Same
44.	Bangladesh Development Bank Ltd.	Farmgate	Same
45.	Standard Chartered Bank	Gulshan-2 Chowrangi	Same
46.	National Credit & Commerce Bank PLC	Kalyanpur Bus Stand	Same
47.	NRB Commercial Bank PLC	Mugdapara	Same
48.	Global Islamic Bank PLC	Ring Road	Same
49.	The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd.	Dhanmondi Puraton 27 No. Street	Same
50.	NRBank Ltd.	Nawabpur	Same
51.	Midland Bank Ltd.	Airport Railway Station	Same
52.	Mercantile Bank PLC	Imamganj	Same
53.	Meghna Bank PLC	Chokbazar	Same
54.	City Bank N.A.	Gulshan-1 Gol Chowrangi	Same
55.	Simanta Bank PLC	Simanta Square	Same
56.	Padma Bank PLC	Sat Masjid Road, Dhanmondi	Same
57.	Community Bank Bangladesh PLC	Khilgaon Talatal	Same
58.	Bengal Commercial Bank PLC	Jajjam Tower Corner, Uttara	Same