Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Atiur Rahman won “Regulator with Human Face” award from the University of Dhaka.

The central bank governor was nominated by the university authorities for the award in recognition to his outstanding contributions to expand banking facility to the marginal low income people who usually do not have access to that facility.

Atiur Rahman has made it possible by strengthening financial inclusion programmes in the country.

Financial inclusion of the poorest — particularly their access to small-sized credit for income-generating self-employment activities — is a major tool in Bangladesh for combating poverty, said the central bank.

Bangladesh Bank is now promoting targeted financial inclusion in areas of agriculture, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and exports facilitations, upholding domestic demand with over 6% stable annual average real economic growth for more than a decade.