Banking hour 10am to 2:30pm until May 30

Bangladesh Bank today extended the banking hour by half an hour and decided to keep banks open from 10am to 2.30pm from tomorrow until May 30.

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

The central bank took the decision after the government extended the nationwide restrictions on public movement until May 30 to curb the second wave of the Covid-19 infections.

The BB had extended banking hours considering the existing stable infection rate of the coronavirus, a central bank official said.

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.

As the situation worsened, it went for a strict countrywide lockdown from April 14.

The government, however, has recently started relaxing the restrictions on movement.