GBCSRD Circular No. 03: Opening of Bank Accounts for Cleaning Staffs of Dhaka North and Dhaka South City Corporation

Circular No.: 1.11.0000.000.00.000.2013.13.1 Green Banking and CSR Department Bangladesh Bank Head Office Dhaka

GBCSRD Circular No.-03 Date: 10 Srabon, 1420 July 25, 2013

Managing Director/Chief Executive All Government-Owned Commercial and Specialized Banks Operating in Bangladesh

Dear Sir,

Subject: Opening of Bank Accounts for Cleaning Staff of Dhaka North and Dhaka South City Corporations.

To facilitate the payment of salaries of the cleaning staff/workers of Dhaka North and Dhaka South City Corporations through bank accounts, the cleaning staff are permitted to open bank accounts in their own names by depositing 10 (ten) Taka against their National Identity Card and the ID card issued by the City Corporation. No minimum balance requirement shall be imposed on these bank accounts, and no type of cheque/fee shall be collected. In cases where there is a shortage of checkbooks, transactions in these accounts may also be made through vouchers.

You are advised to take necessary measures to ensure the payment of salaries of the cleaning staff/workers of Dhaka North and Dhaka South City Corporations through bank accounts and to provide banking services for them.

Regarding this, the information related to opening bank accounts with 10 Taka and 100 Taka must be submitted to this department in due course as part of the weekly, monthly, and quarterly progress reports.

This instruction shall be implemented immediately.

Please acknowledge receipt.

Yours faithfully,

(Khandkar Morshed Mills) Deputy General Manager Phone: 9530292 Fax: 9530327

CC: sbf.csr@bb.org.bd