Banking hour 10am to 3pm until June 6

Bangladesh Bank today extended the banking hour by half an hour and decided to keep banks open from 10am to 3pm from tomorrow until June 6.

However, the branches will remain open until 4:30 pm to complete their regular procedures.

The central bank took the decision after the government extended the nationwide restrictions on public movement until June 6 to curb Covid-19 infections.

Banks have been following the rostering system for their employees since April 14 as per the instructions of the banking regulator and the government.

The government enforced lockdown-like controls from April 5 after the Covid-19 infections rate and death tolls began rising alarmingly.