Economic Reporter :
Bangladesh Bank (BB) will open a media centre at its headquarters in the city to provide necessary support for the journalists to cover the issues and events related to the country’s central bank.
Until opening of the media centre, the reporters will be allowed to enter the BB governor secretariat premises provided that they carry and show their professional ID cards after registering their names and names of their organisations at the reception, BB executive director and spokesperson Subhankar Saha told journalists on Thursday.
He said the journalists of electronic media, however, would have the right of entry without their camera crew.
Referring to the last two days of restriction to journalists’ entry into the central bank headquarters, he said BB took the step in the interest of proper investigation into stealing of over $100 million from its account with Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Bangladesh Bank (BB) will open a media centre at its headquarters in the city to provide necessary support for the journalists to cover the issues and events related to the country’s central bank.
Until opening of the media centre, the reporters will be allowed to enter the BB governor secretariat premises provided that they carry and show their professional ID cards after registering their names and names of their organisations at the reception, BB executive director and spokesperson Subhankar Saha told journalists on Thursday.
He said the journalists of electronic media, however, would have the right of entry without their camera crew.
Referring to the last two days of restriction to journalists’ entry into the central bank headquarters, he said BB took the step in the interest of proper investigation into stealing of over $100 million from its account with Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
