The central bank would provide policy support to the government of Bangladesh so that it can easily take decision on major economic issues.

Bangladesh Bank governor Atiur Rahman said this while addressing a meeting organised by The International Chamber of Commerce-Bangladesh in the city on Saturday.

‘Bangladesh Bank will provide actual policy support to the government from its huge data based to analyse the economic decision’, the governor told the meeting.

ICC Bangladesh president Mahbubur Rahman presided over the meeting while member of the ICC banking Commission Paris, Vincent O’ Brien, presented the paper on ICC global survey in the dialogue.

Centre for Policy Dialogue executive director Mustafizur Rahman, Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute chief executive officer MA Taslim, Former ambassador and permanent representative to UN offices in Geneva and WTO Toufiq Ali and ICC Bangladesh standing committee on banking technique chairman Zaidi Sattar also addressed.

Atiur Rahman said the central bank will enhance its capacity for providing policy support to the government.

‘Board of the central bank has rarely discussed the economic issues to support the government,’ he said, adding ‘Now we hold discussion on the issue on regular basis.’

The governor said the banking sector of Bangladesh has strong financial position amid global recession although the non performing loans are still high.

‘Country’s commercial banks should reduce their NPL to face global recession, he added.

Vincent O’ Brien said the financial crisis is likely to over within two or three months but the global shock wave could affect the developing countries.