All BB branches stop selling savings certificates, prize bonds

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has discontinued the selling of national savings certificates, prize bonds, exchange of damaged notes, and automated chalan-related services from all its branches.

In a press release issued today, the central bank said its branches in Dhaka, Chattogram, Khulna, Bogura, Rajshahi, Sylhet, Barishal, and Rangpur will not provide the services anymore from November 20

It explained that no central bank in the world provides such services directly to the public.

As a Key Point Installation (KPI), Bangladesh Bank has decided to discontinue the services, it added.

For decades, people have availed these services at the central bank's Motijheel office and its branches across the country. They will now be handled entirely by commercial banks.