BB governor suggests making savings certificates tradable

Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Ahsan H Mansur today called upon the finance ministry to make national savings certificates tradable in the secondary market.

“If the savings certificates become tradable, it will be helpful for investors,” he said at an event on bond market development held at the Renaissance Dhaka, organised by the Bangladesh Bank and the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission.

The BB governor said if investors can sell their savings certificates at any time, they will feel encouraged.

“It is possible to make savings certificates tradable very easily. We just need to make a decision,” he said.

The finance ministry issues four types of savings instruments offering high interest rates to borrow from the public as part of its strategy to finance budget deficits.

Total outstanding investment in savings certificates stood at Tk 3.40 lakh crore as of November 2025. The amount was Tk 3.47 lakh crore a year ago, according to the BB.

Mansur said people nowadays want to buy savings certificates easily, without going to a bank physically. If they can buy them through the secondary market, many investors will come to invest here, he added.