BB to supply 180 fake note detecting machines to cattle markets

Posted by BankInfo on Mon, Oct 22 2012 08:43 am

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) will Supply 180 machines to different cattle markets in the capital to detect counterfeit notes on the occasion of the Erid-Ul-Azha, said an official release of the central bank.

To this goal, the BB has provided 80 machines to the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) and another 25 to the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB).

Besides, the other branches of the Bangladesh Bank have provided another 75 fake note detecting machines to the law enforcing agencies in their respective areas.

Earlier, the BB has provided adequate number of fake note detecting machines to the law enforcing agencies, said an official of the BB Sunday.

Moreover, the other scheduled banks also will install booths at the cattle markets across the country where the experienced cashiers of these banks will provide service through checking the counterfeit notes with the help of these machines and it will continue till the last day of the cattle trading.

News: The Daily Sun/Bangladesh/22th-Oct-12

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