Published: 12:15 AM, 09 April 2026
BB joins elite global institution
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has secured corporate membership of the Business Continuity Institute (BCI), UK - a globally recognized professional body shaping the standards of Business Continuity Management, Operational Resilience and Crisis Management worldwide.
The membership marks a decisive milestone for the central bank. The move is directly tied to the institution's ambitious plan to develop BCP Version 2.0, an upgraded successor to its existing Business Continuity Plan of 2015. Bangladesh Bank is determined to align its internal frameworks with internationally accepted standards, and BCI membership gives it precisely that leverage. Founded in 1994, BCI commands the trust of nearly ten thousand professionals across central banks, commercial banks, and financial institutions globally. Its reach is vast. Its authority in setting best practices for organizational resilience is unmatched in the field.
Through this membership, Bangladesh Bank's officials will now have direct access to BCI's latest tools, guidelines, training programs, certifications, seminars, and global knowledge exchange platforms. That access will sharpen professional capacity at every level of the institution. The central bank gains more than a credential. It gains a living connection to the world's best minds in financial continuity planning - a pipeline of expertise that will feed directly into how Bangladesh Bank prepares for, responds to, and recovers from operational disruption. Officials say the membership will strengthen transparency, accountability, and institutional efficiency. It will also deepen public confidence in Bangladesh's broader financial system at a time when resilience is not optional - it is existential.
Bangladesh Bank is now positioned to emerge as a modern, future-ready central bank, one equipped to protect the country's financial stability against any shock the future may bring about.
