The central bank has asked all the scheduled banks to extend the working period for customers by one hour before the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr festival, officials said.
The banks have also been instructed to run operations on a limited scale during the government announced ongoing lockdown until May 16, they added.
Transaction period has been re-fixed from 10:00am to 2:00pm, instead of 1:00pmset earlier, in each working day, according to a revised notification issued by the Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Wednesday.
Besides, the banks have been asked to provide services on a limited scale from May 06 by keeping open their branches from 10:00am to 3:30pm, instead of 2:30pm fixed earlier, it added. "We've extended the banking transaction period by one hour considering the necessity of the public before the Eid festival," a BB senior official told the FE, while explaining the main objective of the notification.
The central bank also asked the banks to keep open their branches at different places in Dhaka and Chittagong from May 10 to May 13 to facilitate payment of wages and Eid bonuses for workers in labour intensive readymade garment (RMG) industries.
The bank branches, which are located in Dhaka city, Saver, Ashulia, Tongi, Gazipur, Savar, Bhaluka, Narayanganj and Chittagong areas, have been allowed to keep open during the period, according to the notification.
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