Staff Reporter : 
Bangladesh Bank has stopped providing all direct customer services from the sale of savings certificates and prize bonds to the exchange of torn notes and automated invoices.
The decision applies simultaneously to all offices, including Motijheel, according to statement issued on Thursday (November 19).
The order is effective from Sunday (November 23).
No central bank in the world provides such counter services directly to the public. As a KPI-listed institution, Bangladesh Bank has stopped these services citing security concerns, the statement said.
The central bank had previously suspended these services once before, later reinstating them after public pressure. It has not indicated when the latest suspension might be lifted.
