Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Wednesday tightened the rules for banks' car purchases for avoiding high-value expenses and purchases of luxurious cars with a view to cutting operating expenses, reports BSS.

"Banks would be able to replace cars and other vehicles used by their chairmen and chief executive officers and the lenders if they are at least eight years old," said a central bank circular.

Now, the vehicles would have to be at least eight years old, it added.

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