Banking hour extended till 1pm

The central bank today extended banking hours during the ongoing restriction on movement as clients madly rushed to banks for withdrawal of fund ahead of the upcoming probable lockdown.

Clients will be allowed to do banking transaction from 10am and 1pm for two days from tomorrow, according to a Bangladesh Bank notice.

However, the decision on banking hours from April 14 will be announced later, it said.

Earlier on April 4, the banking watchdog reduced banking hours from 10am to 12:30pm on regular working days.