BB to use biometric identification for distributing new notes

Bangladesh Bank on Sunday introduced biometric system to streamline its distribution of new currency notes among people.
Officials said every year the central bank disburses new currency notes among the aspirant people ahead of eid festival, a news agency report said.
But, they said, while disbursing the new notes, an uneasy situation is created as many people try to collect the notes on repeatedly standing in queues. As a result, some other aspirants get deprived to collect the new bank notes. In dealing with the situation, the central bank's officials concerned have to face serious trouble.
But after this introduction of new biometric system, nobody will be able to take the chance to collect new notes on repeated occasion. If s/he makes any such attempt, the machine will automatically detect. So, one person will not get repeated chances to receive the new notes. This will ensure the equal disbursement of new notes among people.
Under the biometric system, the officials said, the machine will take impression of the fingers as well as the pictures of people collecting the notes. This new system will diminish the chance of receiving notes on repeated occasions, they added.
Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Atiur Rahman and deputy governor Nazneen Sultana visited the new system at the Cash Department of Bangladesh Bank in its head office in Dhaka and expressed satisfaction over it.
-SS