Bangladesh Bank on Sunday announced that it had enlisted Megna Bank, which recently got licence from the BB, as a scheduled bank.
To this end, the central bank issued a circular to the managing directors and chief executive officers of all the banks asking them to inform this to all of their respective branches.
The BB circular said that the inclusion of Meghna Bank had already been published in the Bangladesh gazette.
It said that the new bank was enlisted on April 3.
The BB awarded Meghna Bank the licence on March 28 to go for full-fledged banking operation, a BB official told New Age on Sunday.
Before getting the licence from the BB, the new bank had received approval from the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms to form banking companies, he said.
On April 2, 2013, the BB informed the banks that it had enlisted three new banks as scheduled banks. The banks are — South Bangla Agriculture and Commerce Bank, NRB Commercial Bank and Union Bank.
-With New Age input
