Areas where banks to open on Saturday & Sunday

Bangladesh Bank has decided to open a limited number of scheduled bank branches to facilitate the purchase of sacrificial animals along with salary and bonus for the workers, employees and officials working in the ready-made garment industry even during weekends and public holidays before Eid. Banking activities in these branches have been asked to be conducted till 10 pm.

The Central Bank asked to keep the branches and sub-branches of the banks adjacent to be open in the two cities of the capital and Chattogram City Corporation and near the Animal markets. Banking activities in these branches have been asked to be conducted till 10 pm. On Saturday and Sunday (June 15 and 16) from 10 am to 10 pm, bank branches and sub-branches adjacent beside the market will be open in designated areas.

Earlier, the central bank said that the sacrificial animal markets run under the supervision and management of Dhaka South City Corporation, Dhaka North City Corporation, Chattogram City Corporation and Singra Municipality of Natore have a large number of traders and a large amount of cash is transacted. As a result, security of financial transactions in markets is very important.

Various bank branches or sub-branches conduct their regular operations in close proximity to the sacrificial animal markets. By using these bank branches or sub-branches near the animal markets, the sacrificial animal traders can take the help of the bank for the payment of their animal sales. Moreover, if the temporary booth of the bank is opened in the animal market, the animal traders can take the help of the booth in the money transaction.

In this situation, normal banking activities will continue from June 14 to the day before Eid till 10 pm in the bank branches or sub-branches near the animal markets of Dhaka and Chattogram Metropolitans and Singra municipality of Natore. And the central bank has instructed to take measures to set up temporary booths in the animal market of Qurbani by ensuring adequate security and to give special allowance to the officers and employees who perform duties in extra hours in the branches, sub-branches and booths of the concerned banks.

This directive has been issued under the powers provided in Section 45 of the Bank Companies Act, 1991. Bangladesh Bank has sent instructions in this regard to the managing directors and chief executive officers of all scheduled banks operating in the country.