Bangladesh Bank will announce its half-yearly monetary policy (January-June) of the current 2012-13 financial year on January 31.

The central bank governor, Dr Atiur Rahman, will announce the policy at a press conference at the Bangladesh Bank Jahangir Alam conference hall at 3pm, BB general manager AFM Asaduzzaman said on Wednesday.

Four BB deputy governors—M Abul Quasem, Abu Hena M Razee Hassan, Shitangshu Kumar Sur Chowdhury and Nazneen Sultana—will be present at the press conference apart from the governor’s advisers.

Meanwhile, the BB governor has held a series of meetings with economists, bankers, former governors, trade body leaders and other stakeholders to finalise the policy.